by Orhan Pamuk · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467225013
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«El castillo blanco» is the historical novel by Orhan Pamuk, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (220 pages, in Spanish).
Set in seventeenth-century Istanbul, it tells the story of a young Venetian scholar captured and sold as a slave to a Turkish sage, the Master, with whom he discovers a disturbing physical resemblance. Through their relationship, the novel explores identity, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the clash between East and West.
Originally published in 1985 under the title «Beyaz Kale», this 2007 edition is the Spanish version translated by Rafael Carpintero. The author received the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for this work in 1990.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction interested in historical novels with a philosophical background and in the work of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
