(.) One of the achievements of “Snow” is to look beyond the tired arguments about why so many Turkish women cover their heads." - The Economist
"It is also a tragic love story, a thriller and, more broadly, a dark journey into familiar Pamuk territory: faith, identity, betrayal and solitude. But in the excellent, sardonic Pamuk, they have a first-rate guide to the social tensions of provincial Turkey." - David Robson, Daily Telegraph (.) To a Western reader, the logic of events will be as foreign as the cock-fights which seem to be the main after-dark entertainment in Kars. "Pamuk has hitherto been an acquired taste in the West but this sprawling, emotionally charged story, with its flashes of black comedy, could well secure him the readership he deserves. 
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