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Silent House by Pamuk, Orhan; Freely, Maureen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Silent House about?

Never before published in English, Orhan Pamuk′s second novel is the story of a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup of 1980. 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 sultan′s grand vizier and arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her constant servant Recep, a dwarf -- and the doctor′s illegitimate son. Despite mutual dependency, there is no love lost between mistress and servant, who have very different recollections -- and grievances -- from the early years, before Cennethisar grew into a high-class resort surrounding the family house, now in shambles. Though eagerly anticipated, Fatma′s grandchildren bring little consolation. The eldest, Faruk, a dissipated historian, wallows in alcohol as he laments his inability to tell the story of the past from the kaleidoscopic pieces he finds in the local archive; his sensitive leftist sister, NilgР“С

Who reads Silent House?

Author

Pamuk, Orhan; Freely, Maureen

Publisher

Vintage International

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375701610

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Literary Collections

Rating

3.69 / 5 (749 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14