Moderne Literatur

Gestern Abend habe ich das Buch über Shakespeares Frauen ausgelesen und war schwer begeistert. Ein ganz tolles Buch, bei dem man viel über Shakespeare und seine Theaterstücke und die Sonette erfahren hat, über sein Privatleben und England zu dieser Zeit. Tina Packer hat aber auch über Kunst im Allgemeinen, sowie über das Theaterspielen und das Schreiben erzählt. Ein Buch, das von mir aus gute 100 Seiten mehr haben hätte können.

 

Heute in der U-Bahn habe ich mich dann moderner türkischer Literatur gewidmet, und zwar mir einem meiner Lieblingsschriftsteller Orhan Pamuk. Viel habe ich noch nicht gelesen, aber es gefällt mir sehr gut.

 

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Orhan PAMUK
The Red Haired Woman

Description: On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before--not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other and exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world.

 

But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a travelling theatre company, catches his eye and seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man's wildest dream will be realized, but, when in his distraction a horrible accident befalls the well digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master's death and who the redheaded enchantress was.