La lectura de un libro cambia por completo la vida del protagonista de esta novela, un estudiante llamado Osman, hasta alejarlo radicalmente de su ...
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Oct 04, 2008
Irwan
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03/08/2008
Read slowly.. Let the tentacular, pellucid sentences take you to the world of mystical adventure, which is clumsy yet so entrancing. Reading the second time slowly made me realize all the symmetry, puns, even autobiographical bits and pieces of the the author himself. It evokes feelings you get when you are travelling by bus to distant places, excitement and toxic exhilaration of reading good books, and awe and scepticism of the mystery of life and love.
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Read slowly.. Let the tentacular, pellucid sentences take you to the world of mystical adventure, which is clumsy yet so entrancing. Reading the second time slowly made me realize all the symmetry, puns, even autobiographical bits and pieces of the the author himself. It evokes feelings you get when you are travelling by bus to distant places, excitement and toxic exhilaration of reading good books, and awe and scepticism of the mystery of life and love.
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Apr 02, 2009
Brian
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'I read a book one day and my whole life was changed. Even on the first page I was so affected by the book's intensity I felt my body sever itself and pull away from the chair where I sat reading the book that lay before me on the table.' Light surging from its pages illumines his face: 'Its incandescence dazzled my intellect but also endowed it with brilliant lucidity.' The book seems to be about him, so that 'my point of view was transformed by the book, and the book was transformed by my poin
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Feb 02, 2012
Mohit
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I am done with 60% of the book and couldn't hold myself from writing something, anything, about the book, with my half-open sleepy eyes.
When I began this book, I wanted to love Pamuk. Through his interviews and talks, the reviews of his books, and my experience with Snow, I have made some strong opinions about him, which I wanted to change in the course of reading this novel. The opinions remain unscathed, so far, but I almost liked him.
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When I began this book, I wanted to love Pamuk. Through his interviews and talks, the reviews of his books, and my experience with Snow, I have made some strong opinions about him, which I wanted to change in the course of reading this novel. The opinions remain unscathed, so far, but I almost liked him.
Some observations so far:
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Jun 07, 2011
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I read a book one day and my whole life was changed...
What book that encouraged you to change your life, to leave your comfort zone and find new dignity?
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed...
What book that got you wander to find your beloved one who had disappeared, like Forest Gump who was running to find his Jenny?
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed...
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What book that encouraged you to change your life, to leave your comfort zone and find new dignity?
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed...
What book that got you wander to find your beloved one who had disappeared, like Forest Gump who was running to find his Jenny?
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed...
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Jul 07, 2011
Paula
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I first read The New Life cerca 1997 or 1998 and fell in love with it then. I "won" the novel in an English Dept. Xmas party book exchange. The new prof of postcolonial lit (among other areas of expertise), Lisa Nakamura, at Sonoma State University was my "anonymous" gift-giver. I was prompted to reread the novel recently after a friend who read it with her book group admitted she found the writing (style)clunky and unsatisfying. (I had suggested the novel to them). One can
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Feb 12, 2008
matt
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I got really into this one.
It was one of those pick-it-up-in-the-bookstore kinda things and it's funny since that's more or less what happens to the narrator.
One day he picks up a book (contents not whitholding to the reader, of course) and Kafka-like, he is never the same again.
Everything in the world around him is like a pale reflection or a crashing bore compared to what the book discloses for him. He is then, naturally, called upon to make More...
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Jul 31, 2007
Bob
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I burned through this in two days, but partly, I have to admit because I feared if I got distracted, I'd never finish it - highly engaging at times, it didn't, for me, always sustain that level of "gotta get back to it" with which Murakami's "Kafka On The Shore" is currently calling me away from this hurried review.
Pamuk is very highly regarded, won a Nobel Prize etc, so he is certainly worth a bit of your time.
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Pamuk is very highly regarded, won a Nobel Prize etc, so he is certainly worth a bit of your time.
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May 01, 2011
Mixed feelings. Pamuk is a gifted writer whose talent survives translation from his native Turkish. My first encounter with him was his collection of essays "Other Colors" which is an excellent introduction to the scope of his work and his development from a student up to his award of the Nobel Prize. The book included excerpts from his novels which I have always wanted to read. This book found its way into various bargain bins with a hardback market down to $5 in one instance and
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Jan 19, 2011
Adams
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الحمد لله رب العالمين
الحياة الجديدة , مرة اخرى مع الكاتب التركى اورهان باموق وكتابه
او الحياة الجديدة yani HAYAT
قام بنشرها فى تركيا عام 1995 ولقيت انتشارا واسعا , وصلت ونشرت فى مصر عام 2007 لكن قبل ان تصل الى مصر نشرتها سوريا بعد ترجمتها الى العربية , حيث قام الأستاذ : عبد القادر عبد الله وهو مترجم سورى لعدد كبير من روايات واعمال اورهان باموق بترجمتها , اما فى مصر فقد قامت الأستاذة سها سامح حسين بترجمتها ولا نعلم اذا كانت قد استعانت بالترجمة السورية ام بدأت المجهود من الصفر ؟ , قام More...
الحياة الجديدة , مرة اخرى مع الكاتب التركى اورهان باموق وكتابه
او الحياة الجديدة yani HAYAT
قام بنشرها فى تركيا عام 1995 ولقيت انتشارا واسعا , وصلت ونشرت فى مصر عام 2007 لكن قبل ان تصل الى مصر نشرتها سوريا بعد ترجمتها الى العربية , حيث قام الأستاذ : عبد القادر عبد الله وهو مترجم سورى لعدد كبير من روايات واعمال اورهان باموق بترجمتها , اما فى مصر فقد قامت الأستاذة سها سامح حسين بترجمتها ولا نعلم اذا كانت قد استعانت بالترجمة السورية ام بدأت المجهود من الصفر ؟ , قام More...
Mar 06, 2010
Azarin
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After reading the opening sentence of the New Life, "I read a book one day and my whole life was changed," I wondered whether reading The New Life itself was going to change my life.
This is the story of Osman, an engineering student, who becomes obsessed with a book and falls in love with a girl, Janan, who shares the same obsession. This novel is mainly the story of their journey through Turkey, going aimlessly from city to city, searching for this new life promised by th More...
This is the story of Osman, an engineering student, who becomes obsessed with a book and falls in love with a girl, Janan, who shares the same obsession. This novel is mainly the story of their journey through Turkey, going aimlessly from city to city, searching for this new life promised by th More...
Nov 18, 2009
Stephen
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I guessed fairly early in this book that Rilke was echoing in the background: “Every angel is terrible.” Pamuk’s book is addressed to such an Angel, one who leads us to the “new life” of his title. For much of this novel, while I appreciated Pamuk’s poetic language and the sense of mystery he builds, I was slightly bored. But gradually the novel grew on me. It on one level renders homage to the power of books, as the narrator is caught in a fellowship of people who had read, been enchanted b
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Apr 09, 2009
Ben
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i don't really know what to say about this one. i think i will be thinking about it for a while. i will say this: i found it both compulsively readable and boring as hell, both at the same time, all the time, beginning to end. despite all the great writers pamuk is compared to on the cover blurbs and inside (kafka, marquez, borges, proust, etc.), the writer he most reminds me of here is thomas pynchon. both come off as almost retardedly intelligent & way too clever, both are more interested in p
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May 17, 2010
Tatiana
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still hesitating : do I like it or not?
well, now that I've finished it, I think the end is very enthralling, the revelation is wise and yet consistent enough with all the paraphernalia that had been set on the way of the protagonist, fuelling his quest for truth, in the end for death. However, I found the heart of the novel lingering in the endless bus switching which turned out to be repetitive. I thought,the message is obvious once the first two or three trips are described, why should More...
well, now that I've finished it, I think the end is very enthralling, the revelation is wise and yet consistent enough with all the paraphernalia that had been set on the way of the protagonist, fuelling his quest for truth, in the end for death. However, I found the heart of the novel lingering in the endless bus switching which turned out to be repetitive. I thought,the message is obvious once the first two or three trips are described, why should More...
Aug 09, 2011
Thomas
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I read the book while travelling through Turkey. Although the main part of the story is set years before today, Orhan Pamuk' descriptions of the towns the protagonist visits are spot-on. The conspiracy theory of the book, which is revealed rather late and from which point much of the dramatic drive is gone - is echoed by similar thoughts of many Turks whom I met.
Overall I struggled with the book. The language stroke me as pretentious. And by not describing the contents of the text that the prot More...
Overall I struggled with the book. The language stroke me as pretentious. And by not describing the contents of the text that the prot More...
Nov 01, 2009
Frank
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This book started out somewhat slowly, I thought; I was afraid I mightn't like it. Took me a while to get into it. Perhaps that was because the narrator at the beginning in rather young, and the writing is imbued with something of the impatience of youth. I guess that's a credit to Pamuk's strength as an author. But by midpoint I was hooked and glad I slogged through.
There are many typical Pamuk themes here: lost love, the cultural tensions between East and West that have marked Turk More...
There are many typical Pamuk themes here: lost love, the cultural tensions between East and West that have marked Turk More...
Dec 04, 2008
ArEzO....
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اورهان پاموك در مورد كتابش نوشته است
در زندگي نو آنچه مهم است نه رازهاي زندگي كه مردمانند- قهرماناني كه گرداگرد اين رازها بر مي گردند و هستي را تاويل مي كنند زندگي اين قهرمانان را كتابي رقم مي زند كه بود و نبودش درهاله ابهام است .كتابي كه شرق را نه سرزمين افسانه اي عشق و راستي كه جهاني آشنا با خشونت و بيهودگي معنا مي كند
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اولين رماني ست كه از نويسنده معاصر ترك استانبولي مي خوانم
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در زندگي نو آنچه مهم است نه رازهاي زندگي كه مردمانند- قهرماناني كه گرداگرد اين رازها بر مي گردند و هستي را تاويل مي كنند زندگي اين قهرمانان را كتابي رقم مي زند كه بود و نبودش درهاله ابهام است .كتابي كه شرق را نه سرزمين افسانه اي عشق و راستي كه جهاني آشنا با خشونت و بيهودگي معنا مي كند
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اولين رماني ست كه از نويسنده معاصر ترك استانبولي مي خوانم
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Jun 18, 2011
Rafal
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Książka pełna odniesień, których nie umiem wychwycić. Idei, których nie rozumiem. Z fabułą, której nie ma. Z nawiązaniami do innych książek, których nie czytałem. Z bohaterem, który mnie irytuje. Oparta o filozofie, których nigdy pojąć nie zdołam. A wszystko na tle obcej mi historii i kultury, pełniących tu - jak mniemam - kwestię kluczową. Tak, tak książka - w przeciwieństwie do książki o tym samym tytule, która znacząco wpłynęła na życie głównego bohatera - mojego życia z pewnością nie o More...
Jun 20, 2011
Notme
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Held my interest despite the fact that it was not what I intended to read. The description I read was somewhat deceptive, leading me to expect a historical thriller. This was not it at all. It's a poetic story of searching for identity, lost world, world that might have been, but never was, and will never be. of passing of the old world, with it's mysteries and craftsmanship and nostalgia felt when we meet some little sign of the things that passed or are passing away. Of desires we have a
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Sep 02, 2009
Denizhan
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Only few authors can take such an absurd topic and turn it into a great novel, and this book has proven me that Orhan Pamuk is one of those. The topic is quite obscure; a guy reading a novel and embarking on voyages into the heart of Turkey to discover the world promised by the novel, while discovering he himself is mentioned in the novel, finding love only to lose it. Questioning the concepts of time, accident, "life" itself, as well as the in-between nature of Turkey between the east
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Sep 16, 2010
(Dunia) buku yang fantastis telah menjebak lagi menghanyutkan rasa ketertarikanku begitu mendalam. Gugusan ide dalam bungkus gagasan cemerlang nan mencerahkan tak jarang membuatku tercengang dalam proses perenungan panjang. Melalui rangkai kata yang indah , elegan , puitis , bertutur halus dan bermakna dalam ia hadir mencipta dunia baru yang seakan lebih realistis di dalam dunia benak - angan. Ia sanggup menyihir kuat manakala kehidupan pribadi kita secara kebetulan bersesuaian hampir 100% tertu
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Sep 16, 2010
Mahmoud
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انها تلخيص للحياة .....فاي شيء خارج الخطوط المرسومة مسبقا لحياتنا التي رسمناها لانفسنا او رسمها الاخرون لنا هو حياة جديدة رحلة غير مخططة حب مفاجئ او حتى حادثة مرورية
عبر الكاتب عن الصراع بين الحياتين عن طريق صراع اخر ضد الحداثة فاصبح من الممكن قرائة الرواية على الوجهين
فحياتنا خط مستقيم تقع الحياة الجديدة على جانبيه لنصل في النهاية الى ما كان بجانبنا منذ البداية
لا يجب ان يكون الجميع مؤمنين بالفكرة حتى تكبر و تنتشر فالقليل من الناس يمكنهم تحريك الاخرين رغم اخ More...
عبر الكاتب عن الصراع بين الحياتين عن طريق صراع اخر ضد الحداثة فاصبح من الممكن قرائة الرواية على الوجهين
فحياتنا خط مستقيم تقع الحياة الجديدة على جانبيه لنصل في النهاية الى ما كان بجانبنا منذ البداية
لا يجب ان يكون الجميع مؤمنين بالفكرة حتى تكبر و تنتشر فالقليل من الناس يمكنهم تحريك الاخرين رغم اخ More...
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Dec 11, 2009
Denerick
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What a pathetic excuse for a book, made even worse by the fact that I really enjoyed Snow and White Castle. Just read this book again; it gives the impression of saying a lot whilst simultaneously saying nothing of any importance whatsoever; its poorly written, infuriating and anal. It tries to grasp massive themes but fails miserably. I'm not normally this vitriolic but it is only because before this I had such a high regard for Pamuk. I'll try 'My Name is Red', and hopefully my faith in the ma
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Nov 20, 2011
Dracu
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Romanian
"Într-o zi am citit o carte şi întreaga mea viaţă s-a schimbat."
Câţi dintre voi nu aţi simţit asta? Câţi dintre voi nu aţi avut măcar o dată impresia că literele pe care le ţineţi cu grijă în mână au fost înşirate, ordonate, pictate, legate, copertate şi însufleţite special pentru voi. DOAR pentru mine. DOAR eu am înţeles-o: cartea mi-e adresată mie.
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"Într-o zi am citit o carte şi întreaga mea viaţă s-a schimbat."
Câţi dintre voi nu aţi simţit asta? Câţi dintre voi nu aţi avut măcar o dată impresia că literele pe care le ţineţi cu grijă în mână au fost înşirate, ordonate, pictate, legate, copertate şi însufleţite special pentru voi. DOAR pentru mine. DOAR eu am înţeles-o: cartea mi-e adresată mie.
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Nov 12, 2011
Frank
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“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.” Thus begins this book about a book — Turkish author Pamuk certainly is not the first to use that idea.
The protagonist, a civil engineering student at Technical University, picks up a book because he was attracted to the pretty girl who was reading it. His rapturous description of the book’s power seems facile at first, since no details are provided. Is the book about politics, religion, philosophy, what? How can one write this muc More...
The protagonist, a civil engineering student at Technical University, picks up a book because he was attracted to the pretty girl who was reading it. His rapturous description of the book’s power seems facile at first, since no details are provided. Is the book about politics, religion, philosophy, what? How can one write this muc More...
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Jan 14, 2010
Amir
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کتابی که تونستم ازش لذت ببرم. جالب ترین اتفاقی که در حین خوندن این کتاب برام افتاد این بود که این کتاب رو توی اتوبوس بین شهری خوندم. وقتی هم که شب شد، چون یه گوشه هایی از قضیه تو اتوبوس اتفاق می افتاد و جذبش شده بودم نتونستم کتاب رو ول کنم و با نور صفحه ی موبایلم تا صبح خوندمش. چه شب قشنگی
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Feb 09, 2010
Cathy
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It took me forever to get all the way through this, even though it's pretty good and not terribly long. The opening, in which the narrator reads a book that obsesses him and changes his life, is compelling, but then there's a lengthy middle section in which he and the girl of his dreams ride buses around Anatolia and vaguely hope to be in a bus crash that was both tedious and had a flavor of "hey, I've already read Ballard, thanks very much."
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Dec 19, 2010
Harun Harahap
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*mijit-mijit kening*
Mengikuti jalan ceritanya bikin kepala saya jadi pusing dan mual. Saya merasa Orhan Pamuk ini menuliskan apa saja yang melintas di kepalanya tanpa pikir dua kali. Tulisannya terkadang melompat dari satu bahasan ke bahasan lainnya atau menggunakan analaogi yang tak terpikirkan oleh saya. Awalnya membahas negara berujung pada Coca Cola, bermula dengan membahas agama berakhir pada Coca Cola. Kenapa Coca Cola???hmmm,tak tahulah...
*jambak-jambak rambut*
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Mengikuti jalan ceritanya bikin kepala saya jadi pusing dan mual. Saya merasa Orhan Pamuk ini menuliskan apa saja yang melintas di kepalanya tanpa pikir dua kali. Tulisannya terkadang melompat dari satu bahasan ke bahasan lainnya atau menggunakan analaogi yang tak terpikirkan oleh saya. Awalnya membahas negara berujung pada Coca Cola, bermula dengan membahas agama berakhir pada Coca Cola. Kenapa Coca Cola???hmmm,tak tahulah...
*jambak-jambak rambut*
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Mar 04, 2010
Zaldi
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kisah dibuku ini sebenernya simple, bercerita tentang obsesi Osman, seorang mahasiswa arsitektur (what the?) akan pencarian makna kebenaran dibalik sebuah buku yang bisa mengubah kehidupan orang yang telah membacanya..
cuma disini Pamuk mencampur adukan dengan banyak sekali detail deskripsi dari setiap latar yang (bahkan) tidak perlu disepanjang halaman, maka jadilah kombinasi yang ajaib, antara membaca sebuah naskah cerita, dan separuh dunia khayalan tokohnya, beserta penjelasan njel More...
cuma disini Pamuk mencampur adukan dengan banyak sekali detail deskripsi dari setiap latar yang (bahkan) tidak perlu disepanjang halaman, maka jadilah kombinasi yang ajaib, antara membaca sebuah naskah cerita, dan separuh dunia khayalan tokohnya, beserta penjelasan njel More...
Jun 28, 2010
Mahmoud
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Mar 07, 2008
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A year and a half ago, while making long bus journeys in Anatolia, I read Orhan Pamuk's The New Life, which is about a young man making long bus journeys in Anatolia. I found the Turkish bus system to be a lot safer than Pamuk describes it, but other than that, I recognised a fair bit, and loved the power of Pamuk's descriptions. I could easily see why the man was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize, although I ended up being somewhat underwhelmed by The New Life.
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