Title: Interesting to see Pamuk's style 20 years ago-late 1980's
Product review: I have read the Maureen Freely translation from 2006 which promised to make Pamuk's early novel less opaque than the original English translation. Glad I did not attempt the first one because this more recent one was quite difficult to muddle through. It is interersting to see Pamuk's earlier fascination with themes that have run through later works: innocence (I think naivete' might be a more precise translation), losing self in time, a preoccupation with an unattainable love in the person of a cousin who is more a reflection of self than a separate person.I loved reading Snow, The Museum of Innocence and My Name is Red.This novel left me behind: too obscure, not enough plot, too confusing as to the blending of characters/persona, not enough courtesy to the reader who is trying to go along on this ride.
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