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Title: "Istambul" in a minor key
Review: Having read Pamuk's "Istambul" without pleasure I hesitated to read "Snow." I should have trusted my first impression. He cannot write a novel: everything is a reminiscence of his past, whether non-fiction or fiction. His people in "Snow" are wooden characters. You learn little about either secularism or Islamic fundamentalism. What you learn is how Pamuk feels at every moment, and I for one simply don't care.
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