Silent House (HB) by Orhan Pamuk with a primary focus on

with a primary focus on romantic love

things dont come quite so naturally: as much as 90% of all interpersonal conflicts never reach agreement

octopuses have been known to identify individual human keepers

As a Man Thinketh has been a valuable source of inspiration ever since its first publication in 1903

Silent House (HB) by Orhan Pamuk with a primary focus onIn an old mansion in Cennethisar (formerly a fishing village, now a posh resort near Istanbul) the old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated failed historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun; and the younger grandson, Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riches, who dreams of going to America. The widow has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an