Sessiz Ev

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Sessiz Ev is a novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk that intricately portrays the lives and tensions of a family gathering in a small Turkish town on the eve of political upheaval.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author Orhan Pamuk
countryOfOrigin Turkey
explores impact of modernization on traditional families
tension between secular and religious worldviews
genre family saga
literary fiction
political novel
hasPoliticalContext period leading up to a military coup in Turkey
hasSettingFeature a decaying seaside house
hasTranslation English
several other languages
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement contemporary Turkish literature
mainCharacter Faruk
Fatma Hanim
Hassan
Metin
Nilgun
Recep
narrativePerspective multiple first-person narrators
notableFor depiction of pre-coup political atmosphere in Turkey
polyphonic narrative structure
originalLanguage Turkish
partOfBibliographyOf Orhan Pamuk
plotSummary Depicts three grandchildren visiting their grandmother in a small town as political tensions rise in Turkey
publicationEra late 20th century
publisherOfFirstEdition Iletisim Yayinlari
settingCountry Turkey
settingPlace a small Turkish town near Istanbul
theme class conflict
family tensions
generational conflict
memory and history
political polarization
social change in Turkey
timePeriod late 1970s Turkey
title Sessiz Ev
translatedTitle Silent House

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Silent House originalTitle Sessiz Ev
Sessiz Ev title Sessiz Ev
Nilgün workOriginalTitle Sessiz Ev