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.
Aliases (1)
- Snow (novel) ×45
Statements (45)
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| instanceOf |
novel
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philosophical novel → political novel → |
| adaptation |
stage adaptations
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| author |
Orhan Pamuk
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| awardedToAuthor |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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| centralConflict |
individual versus state
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tension between secularism and political Islam → |
| containsMotif |
poetry
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snow → |
| contributedTo |
international recognition of Orhan Pamuk
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| controversy |
depiction of political Islam in Turkey
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| countryOfOrigin |
Turkey
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| criticalReception |
widely acclaimed
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| englishTranslator |
Maureen Freely
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| form |
novel-within-a-novel structure
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| genre |
literary fiction
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philosophical fiction → political fiction → |
| isbnEnglishEdition |
978-0-375-70403-0
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| literaryMovement |
postmodern literature
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| mainCharacter |
Ka
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person frame narrative
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| narrator |
Orhan (fictionalized version of Orhan Pamuk)
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| originalLanguage |
Turkish
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| originalTitle |
Kar
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| plotElement |
military-backed coup in Kars
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return of Ka to Kars to investigate suicides of young women → |
| protagonistBackground |
Turkish exile living in Germany
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| protagonistOccupation |
poet
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| publicationYear |
2002
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| publisher |
İletişim Yayınları
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| setIn |
Kars
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Turkey → |
| theme |
East–West relations
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Islamism → identity → modernity → political violence → religious extremism → secularism → tradition → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
1990s
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| title |
Snow
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| translatedInto |
English
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Orhan Pamuk
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Turkish literature → |
notableWork |
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Snow (novel)
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title |