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Snow : Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-
Originally published in Turkey as Kar by Iletisim, Istanbul, 2002
The journey to Kars — The outlying districts — Poverty and history — Ka meets Ipek in the New Life Pastry Shop — The first and last conversation between the murderer and his victim — Love, religion, and poetry: Muhtar’s sad story — At party headquarters, police headquarters, and once again in the streets — Blue and rustem — A nonbeliever who does not want to kill himself — Snow and happiness — Ka with Sheikh Efendi — The sad story of Necip and Hicran — A walk through the snow with Kadife — The dinner conversation turns to love, head scarves, and suicide — At the National Theater — Necip describes his landscape and Ka recites his poem — A play about a girl who burns her head scarf — A revolution onstage — The night of the revolution — While Ka slept and when he woke the next morning — Ka in the cold rooms of terror — Sunay Zaim’s military and theatrical careers — With Sunay at military headquarters — The six-sided snowflake — Ka with Kadife in the hotel room — Blue’s statement to the west — Ka urges Turgut Bey to sign the statement — Ka with Ipek in the hotel room — In Frankfurt — A short spell of happiness — The secret meeting at the Hotel Asia — On love, insignificance, and Blue’s disappearance — The fear of being shot — The mediator — Ka with Blue in his cell — Bargaining in which life vies with theater, and art with politics — Preparations for the play to end all plays — An enforced visit — Ka and Ipek meet at the hotel — The first half of the chapter — The missing green notebook — From Ipek’s point of view — The final act — Four years later, in Kars