The silent house

Book name: The Silent House Author: Orhan Pamuk Publisher: Alshorouk Number of pages: 432 Book genre: Novel Summary of the book: In an old house in a village on the outskirts of Istanbul, the elderly widow Fatima awaits the family visit of her grandchildren. Fatima has lived in this village for many decades since she came with her young doctor husband to help poor fishermen, but now she is bedridden, served by the loyal dwarf Rojab, who is an illegitimate son of her late husband. But the joining of Hassan; Rojab's nephew, to the rising nationalist movement in Turkey at that time, will draw this family into Turkey's conflict with modernity. An emotional novel about a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup that took place in Turkey in 1980.