Snow
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"Snow" is a political and philosophical novel by Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk that explores identity, secularism, and Islamism in contemporary Turkey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snow canonical | 5 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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philosophical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Orhan Pamuk ⓘ |
| awardedToAuthor | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
individual versus state
ⓘ
tension between secularism and political Islam ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
poetry
ⓘ
snow ⓘ |
| contributedTo | international recognition of Orhan Pamuk ⓘ |
| controversy | depiction of political Islam in Turkey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Turkey ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| englishTranslator | Maureen Freely ⓘ |
| form | novel-within-a-novel structure ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| isbnEnglishEdition | 978-0-375-70403-0 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ka ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person frame narrative ⓘ |
| narrator |
Orhan Pamuk
ⓘ
surface form:
Orhan (fictionalized version of Orhan Pamuk)
|
| originalLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Kar ⓘ |
| plotElement |
military-backed coup in Kars
ⓘ
return of Ka to Kars to investigate suicides of young women ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Turkish exile living in Germany ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | İletişim Yayınları ⓘ |
| setIn |
Kars
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| theme |
East–West relations
ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ identity ⓘ modernity ⓘ political violence ⓘ religious extremism ⓘ secularism ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1990s ⓘ |
| title | Snow self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Orhan Pamuk