The New Life | Orhan Pamuk

I read a book at some point, and my whole life changed. This phrase begins Orhan Pamuk's different novel "The New Life," and with it, the protagonist begins his journey to search for the impact of this book on those who read it before him. In this journey, the author skillfully combines romance, philosophy, and mysteries; the reader wonders about the nature of this book that changed the life of the hero, and who is the girl who accompanied him on his journey through his city, which combines historical authenticity and Western modernity in a unique blend. "The New Life" is an open text on the past and present; aiming to re-read them in a new perspective free from preconceptions, seeing the mind as the way to freedom of discovery, and shaping a new relationship with life, through the journey of the novel's heroes: Jahan, the girl with whom the hero first saw the book, and the narrator whose name will only be revealed in the second half of the novel. Through this journey and the adventures they undertake in Istanbul, the hero sails in search of a new life worthy of the book that changed his life. So, do readers of "The New Life" change their lives?