'The Red-Haired Woman' Is A Minor Work From A Major Author
Orhan Pamuk is almost synonymous with Turkish literature; he's won the Nobel Prize for his work. But his latest, about a well-digger and his apprentice, doesn't reach the heights of his earlier books.
For readers all around the world, Orhan Pamuk has become almost synonymous with Turkish literature, to the dismay of the Turkish nationalists who have long held the novelist in contempt. His intricate and sometimes dreamlike novels, including My Name Is Red and Snow, have been widely translated, and have won him admirers in several countries, including the United States. (One such admirer, if his 2005 letter to is to be believed, is Donald Trump.)
