Silent House - Orhan Pamuk
 
           A slow and silent read. Pamuk talks about his place Turkey and the political unrest of early 80 's. Takes you through the life of six central characters in a soliloquy kind of writing. He describes the fig trees and cherry orchards along with the nationalist communist riot  in a simple but serious manner. The country side of cennethisar is described in wonderful prose through the eyes of the six central characters. Makes you fall in love with Nilgun,  the communist...while u are lost listening to the stories of Faruk,  the historian...when the housekeeper Recep offers you a coffee, you are far away with Metin and his folks driving on an old anadol listening to "Best of elvis", almost running over Hasan and his natinalist friends while they are out on the highway in the middle of the night on a mission to paint all the walls with nationalist slogans...while you think about home and the grandma waiting for you.