Novaya zhizn' (Amfora 2006)

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Novaya zhizn' (Amfora 2006) (Hardcover, Russian language, 2007, Amfora)

Rigidkovrila, 350 paĝoj

Lingvo: Russian

Eldonita je 19-a de novembro 2007 de Amfora.

ISBN:
978-5-367-00390-1
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Numero OCLC:
157033294

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Stunning writing

5 steloj

I was lucky enough to win a copy of Snow a couple of years ago and absolutely loved Orhan Pamuk's writing. His poetic descriptions are beautiful and I managed to completely lose myself in the book. So when I saw a copy of The New Life on a second-hand stall in Bristol, I snapped it up.

The New Life is a mix of books in one. There is the stunning writing in which to lose yourself, a road journey through a Turkey which is being lost even as our narrator discovers it, and a splash of mysticism to aid and baffle the reader in equal measure! The seemingly unending bus journeys are brilliantly portrayed, both their tedium and the mortal risk of boarding. I did not completely understand everything as I read it, although much later became clear with further chapters and, as with Snow, I need to learn more …

Temoj

  • College students -- Turkey -- Fiction.
  • Bus travel -- Turkey -- Fiction.
  • East and West -- Fiction.