![]() ![]() This book sings with the power of diverse remembrance. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saturated with sympathy and sense of place. a thoughtful consideration of Western and Eastern myths of fathers and sons, and the limits of free will. The Guardian An amazingly gifted writer. It blends the close observation of details with the broad brushstrokes usually associated with myth-making and fables. The Wall Street Journal A parable about present-day Turkey. Review Quotes Allusive, enchanting and perfectly controlled. A tale of family and romance, of youth and old age, of tradition and modernity, The Red-Haired Woman is a beguiling mystery from one of the great storytellers of our time. But when the boy catches the eye of a stunning red-haired woman who seems as fascinated by him as he is by her, the events that ensue change the young mans life forever and haunt him for the next thirty years. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, they develop a filial bond neither has known before. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a well digger and his young apprentice-a boy fleeing the confines of his middle class home-are hired to find water on a barren plain. ![]() Book Synopsis From the Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them. ![]()
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