Snow

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The work Snow represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Snow

Statement of responsibility

Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely

Creator

• Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-
• truePamuk, Orhan, 1952-

Contributor

• trueFreely, Maureen, 1952-
• Freely, Maureen, 1952-

Subject

• trueSisters
• trueMarried women
• truePoets, Turkish
• truePolitical fiction
• truePolitical science
• trueSnow
• trueSuicide, non-fictional
• trueTheater
• trueTranslations -- Turkish to English
• Turkey -- Fiction
• trueTurkey -- Social life and customs
• trueWomen's rights
• trueActors and actresses
• trueCulture conflict -- Turkey
• trueFundamentalism
• trueIslam
• trueIslam and women
• trueLiterary fiction

Genre

• trueLiterary fiction
• truePolitical fiction
• trueTranslations
• Fiction

Language

• eng
• tur
• eng

Summary

After years of political exile in Western Europe, Ka returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral, where he learns of a series of bizarre events that have changed his childhood hometown and threaten its future

Member of

• trueKar

Storyline

• trueIntricately plotted

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueMelancholy
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex

Award

New York Times Notable Book, 2004

Cataloging source

ICrlF

Dewey number

• 894/.3533
• [Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Adult

Intended audience source

Follett Library Resources

LC call number

PL248.P34

LC item number

K36513 2005

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult