http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-2006060,00.html
Orhan Pamuk publicly faces down the darker elements of his Turkish heritage
He put his own life on the line and he won a fine victory
for Turkish civil society here. My fez is off to this guy.
Pamuk is a major 21st century literary figure. He's the kind
of writer who gets streets and parks and high schools and statues named after him. (Once the authorities have him safely shoveled
under, that is.)
I've got his new novel SNOW on my bedside table.
