The Red-Haired Woman: A novel

by Orhan Pamuk Narrated by John Lee, Katharine McEwan

Overview

From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them.

On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before--not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other and exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world. But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions and take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a travelling theatre company, catches his eye and seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man's wildest dream will be realized, but, when in his distraction a horrible accident befalls the well digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master's death and who the redheaded enchantress was.

A beguiling mystery tale of family and romance, of east and west, tradition and modernity, by one of the great storytellers of our time.

Translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap.

Editorial Reviews

OCTOBER 2017 - AudioFile

This audiobook by the celebrated Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk is a slow, steady story narrated, for the most part, slowly and steadily by John Lee. Lee's resonant voice is appealing in its depth and timbre, but with a text heavy with exposition he never gets the chance to let that gift loose. The story of fathers and sons, lovers and losses moves too slowly to become an effective audiobook for most listeners. A young Turkish man's search for love remains one-dimensional despite his infatuation with the woman of the title. When narrator Katharine McEwan takes over for the third part of the novel, her pace and crisp intonation are a breath of fresh air. L.B.F. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2017 - AudioFile

This audiobook by the celebrated Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk is a slow, steady story narrated, for the most part, slowly and steadily by John Lee. Lee's resonant voice is appealing in its depth and timbre, but with a text heavy with exposition he never gets the chance to let that gift loose. The story of fathers and sons, lovers and losses moves too slowly to become an effective audiobook for most listeners. A young Turkish man's search for love remains one-dimensional despite his infatuation with the woman of the title. When narrator Katharine McEwan takes over for the third part of the novel, her pace and crisp intonation are a breath of fresh air. L.B.F. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172166532
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/22/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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