Silent House, Orhan PamukFIRST US EDITION. 2012 Faber trade paperback, Orhan Pamuk (My Name Is Red). In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, a widow, Fatma, awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, ran afoul of the sultans grand vizier and arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her constant servant

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