Характеристики The White Castle

Due to the lifestyle of Ohan Pamuk and the geographical location of this successful writer's homeland, Turkey, the difference and contrast between the West and the East is one of the themes that Orhan Pamuk usually deals with.

This time, Pamuk touches on this contradiction with his historical novel and artistic play, and in his story explores the unknown identity, the uniqueness of each individual.

Summary of the book "White Castle".
The story takes place in Istanbul in the 17th century.

The story of the novel "The White Castle" is about a young Italian scientist who is captured by the Ottoman army during his journey from Venice to Naples.

Soon this young man was enslaved by an Ottoman scholar named Khoja, who was young and very similar in appearance to the Italian scholar.

Khoja is one of Pasha's close friends, and Pasha always asks him questions about science and the world. Over time, Khoja and a young Italian storyteller get to know Sultan and help him make weapons.

Meanwhile, the Italian slave is ordered to teach Khoja everything about Western science, from science and technology to medicine and astronomy.

This makes Khoja wonder what makes him and his slave human, and whether the knowledge they learn from each other and the secrets they share will allow them to change their identities.

About the White Castle book
The novel "White Castle" was written by the famous Turkish writer Orkhan Pamuk and was first published in 1985. Its translation into English was published in 1990, making this book available to a wider audience.

Considered by some critics to be on the level of Borges, Nubakov and DeLillo, Orhan Pamuk has written a remarkable story in the genre of historical fiction that most reflects the mystery of identity and the relationship between West and East. an artistic way is possible.

The book "White Castle" is a creative novel in the terrifying world of barbarism and science.

The infinite power of knowledge, the relationship between master and slave, and modernization are some of the themes covered in this story, but the most important theme of the book can be considered to be the unrecognizability and ambiguity of identity.

The New York Times writes about the book "White Castle":

"Orkhan Pamuk can be very fairly and rightly compared to writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, because the presence and influence of both of them is felt like guardian angels in this novel... Storytelling with the skill and art of the storyteller Shahrazod . ."

About Orhan Pamuk, the author of the White Castle
Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish writer and screenwriter who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006.

Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1952 and is currently considered one of the most famous and successful Turkish writers.

Pamuk was born into a wealthy but decadent family. He originally studied architecture at university, but dropped out midway to become a professional writer.

He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Istanbul University in 1976 and lived with his mother from the age of 22 to 30, and it was during these years that he wrote his first novel and tried to publish it.

A lot of time has passed since then, and now Orkhan Pamuk is the author of more than 30 artistic and scientific-theoretical works, his works have been translated into 63 languages of the world, and more than 13 million copies of them have been sold so far.

Pamuk is the first Turkish writer to win the Nobel Prize, but this is not the only great prize in the brilliant work of the famous writer; He won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Premio Grinzane Cavour and the Dublin International Literary Award in 2002 and 2003 for one of his books, My Name is Red.