New life

Author's name: Orhan Pamuk Publisher: Al-Shorouk for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2019 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: "I read a book at one time and my whole life changed" This phrase begins Orhan Pamuk's different novel "The New Life," and with it begins the hero's 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 reinterpret them in a new perspective free from preconceived judgments, seeing the mind as the path to the freedom of discovery, and shaping a new relationship with life, through the journey of the novel's protagonists: "Janan," the girl who saw the book with the hero for the first time, 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 the lives of their readers?