The Red-Haired Woman

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From the Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them on the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well-digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating meter by meter without luck, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before-not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other and exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world. But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a traveling theater company, catches his eye and seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man’s wildest dream will be realized, but when, in his distraction, a horrible accident befalls the well-digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master’s death and who the red-headed enchantress was. A beguiling mystery tale of family and romance, of East and West, tradition and modernity, by one of the great storytellers of our time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Orhan Pamuk

ORHAN PAMUK is the author of six novels, four of which have been translated into English. 'The White Castle' won the 1990 Independent Award for Foreign Fiction, and the publication of 'The New Life' caused a sensation in his native land, becoming the fastest selling book in Turkish history.

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Title
The Red-Haired Woman
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9780670089260
Length
264p.
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