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The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk

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Jan 01, 2000
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The lawyer Galip's wife Rüya has disappeared, leaving behind some clothing, most of the household items and hundreds of detective stories, books she has read obsessively for enjoyment and occasionally translated into Turkish. On the dining table is brief note from the missing woman, vague on details and offering no indication of where she has gone or wh…

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