The silent house

The Turkish Nobel Prize winner for literature Orhan Pamuk takes the reader with him in "Pamuk,The Silent House" by Fatma. Fatma is 90 years old and lives with her small stepson Recep on the Marmara Sea. Every night she talks to her late husband, whose death she cannot get over. The grandchildren Faruk, Metin and Nilgün also visit the old woman in her house by the sea. Orhan Pamuk describes the life stories of the five family members and the conflicts that exist among them. "Pamuk, The Silent House" is the scene of love and grief, of alcoholism and big dreams, of old and new world views colliding in the time shortly before the military coup in Turkey. Orhan Pamuk combines the stories of his protagonists to create a mirror image of Turkey in the course of the 20th century. Strongly religious Fatma looks back on her life and, in view of her approaching death, must also question herself. Recep suffers under his imperious stepmother who makes his life difficult. Nilgün is attracted by socialist ideas. Metin dreams of a life in the USA. Faruk drinks and sinks into old documents. And also the spirit of the late grandfather fills "Pamuk,The Silent House" through his presence in the memories of his family.