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Nights of plague, Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap

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Nights of plague, Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Nights of plague

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Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap

Summary

Part detective story, part historical epic, a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague taking over a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. 1901. Night draws in. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Azizye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. 'An emerald build of pink stone.' The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Each of them holds a separate mission. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. Because Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe. There are rumours of plague, rumours some in power will try to suppress. But plague is not the only killer. Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake

Target audience

adult

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