notes

that red sash stands for Pamuk's notion of women: deflowered and absent.

none of our major writers wrote about moving toward Europe, but the opposite way. Saramago actually dettached us from the European continent.

the most accurate and 'true to human' a woman has been depicted in Pamuk's work is the short story in Other Colors.

getting to know the other hidden behind history books, behind words (conquest of Istanbul, fall of Constantinople), behind meaning and culture.

colonizing powers, those who drew today's lines of hatred.

all books are but one book.