TEHRAN – Two more books by the Nobel prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk have recently been translated into Persian.
“The Naive and Sentimental Novelist” and “Cevdet Bey and His Sons” have been rendered into Persian by Einollah Gharib and Negah Publications is scheduled to release the books in the near future.
“The Naive and Sentimental Novelist” is a set of essays, based on the talks Pamuk delivered at Harvard University as part of the distinguished Norton Lecture series. Pamuk presents a comprehensive and provocative theory of the novel and the experience of reading.
“Cevdet Bey and His Sons” is the story of a small shop owner in Abdulhamid’s last years and one of the first Muslim merchants. Also the story of Turkish Republic’s private life, Cevdet Bey and His Sons covers three generations from the beginning of the century to the present day.
Gharib has previously translated Pamuk’s “My Name Is Red” and “The Black Book” into Persian.
Pamuk’s other books “The White Castle” and “The New Life” have been translated into Persian by Arsalan Fasihi.
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