{"product_id":"9780571222995","title":"Orhan Pamuk - Snow","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Orhan Pamuk. Themes include Istanbul (turkey), fiction, Fiction, political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of the best selling My Name is Red, comes a stunning new political thriller. After twelve years in political exile in Germany, a poet Ka returns to Istanbul for his mother's funeral, and takes a commission to report on the municipal elections in Kars near the Russian border. There he discovers a dangerous atmosphere, with tensions running high between the political Islamists and the 'enlightened, pro-Western' Turkish military. The second half of the novel takes place over a three-day period. Following the set-piece military coup, Pamuk brilliantly explores such themes as politics, love, ethics, religion and poetry, as we gradually discover the real truth concerning the poet and the snow covered old-world city of Kars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58305957134710,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780571222995.jpg?v=1784538485","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780571222995","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}