Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk: Existentialism and Politics [Paperback]

Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, memory and death.Acknowledgments Foreword Pamuk and No End; S.L.Gilman  Introduction; M.M.Afridi  D.M.Buyze PART I: PAMUK BETWEEN WORLDS Modern Postcolonial Intersections: Hamid, Mahfouz, and Pamuk; M.M.Afridi Tensions in the Nation: Pamuk & Svevo; D.M.Buyze PART II: PAMUK'S TEXTUAL DIVERSITY Mirroring Istanbul; H.Gurses Problematizing East-West Essentialisms: Discourse, Authorhood, and Identity Crisis in Orhan Pamuk's Beyaz Kale (The White Castle); M.Pittman Framing My Name Is Red: Reading a Masterpiece; E.Almas  On the Road or between the Pages: Seeking Life's Answers; F.Hassencahl PART III: PAMUK'S SNOW The Imagined Exile: Orhan Pamuk in His Novel Snow; H.Y?lmaz Silence, Secularism, and Fundamentalism in Snow; E.Santesso The Spell of the West in Orhan Pamuk's Snow and Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land; T.Cartelli PART IV: PAMUK & TRANSLATION/UNTRANSLATION Orhan Pamuk's Kara Kitap [The Black Book]: a Double Life in English; S.T?rkkan Occulted Texts: Pamuk's Untranslated Novels; E.G?knar Contributor BiographiesDavid M. Buyze is currently associated with The University of Vermont as online faculty.