Die Nächte der Pest

The Nights of the Plague is a gripping novel about the epidemic on an island in the Mediterranean inhabited by Christians and Muslims. Orhan Pamuk describes the Ottoman Empire, threatened by nationalism and superstition, which becomes a pawn of the colonial powers of Europe on the eve of World War I. It is a unique epic where fantasy and reality, past and present, East and West converge, raising the question: Can a cataclysmic disaster unite people? Orhan Pamuk's artistry lies in the way he has intertwined these elements from the very beginning: solidarity, commitment, politics, and the great novel.