by Orhan Pamuk · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722340052
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«A Casa do Silêncio» is the novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (316 pages, in Portuguese).
In a port city in northern Turkey, now a tourist destination, live Fatma, a nonagenarian widow, and her caregiver Redjep. Every summer her three grandchildren arrive from Istanbul, very different personalities. The narrative interweaves the experiences of the three with political turmoil and Fatma's memories, linking past and present.
The work was originally published in 1983 under the title «Sessiz Ev»; the Portuguese edition appeared in 2008. Orhan Pamuk received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
For readers of literary fiction and for those who want to approach contemporary Turkish narrative.
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.
