"Silent House" is the second novel by Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. Set in the summer of 1980 in the village of Cennethisar near Istanbul, the story unfolds over a week as elderly widow Fatma awaits the annual visit of her three grandchildren: Faruk, Nilgün, and Metin. Through multiple first-person narratives, Pamuk delves into the political and social tensions of Turkey on the brink of a military coup, exploring generational divides, ideological conflicts, and cultural transformations.
Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul in 1952, is one of Turkey's most prominent contemporary novelists. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, and his works have been translated into over 60 languages, including "My Name is Red," "Snow," and "The Museum of Innocence."
