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| Author | Orhan Pamuk |
|---|---|
| Original title | Yeni Hayat |
| Translator | Güneli Gün |
| Language | Turkish |
| Publisher | İletişim Yayınları, Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | Turkey |
Published in English | 1997 |
| Pages | 296 |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-22129-4 |
| OCLC | 35657984 |
| 894/.3533 20 | |
| LC Class | PL248.P34 Y4613 1997 |
| Preceded by | The Black Book |
| Followed by | My Name Is Red |
The New Life (Turkish: Yeni Hayat) is a 1994 novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, translated into English by Güneli Gün in 1997.
The plot centers around a young engineering student in Istanbul who discovers a "new life" in the pages of a book of the same name. The protagonist finds a number of other readers who have become similarly consumed as well as a few people who seek to destroy the book because of the effect it has on its followers. No passages from the book are revealed, and readers of the novel are left to hypothesize about its nature through the actions of the main character and other obsessed readers.
Pamuk started writing the novel when suffering from insomnia caused by a jet lag after a long plane journey.[1] The title of the book was appropriated from Dante Alighieri's work The New Life.[2]
- ^ Kurkiewicz, Juliusz (2008-01-31). "Recenzja książki: Orhan Pamuk, "Nowe życie" | Odlot Pamuka". Polityka (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ Stone, Judy (1997-04-27). "AUTHOR INTERVIEW -- Turkish Writer Captures the Intensity of Desire - SFGate". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-06-08.