Giampiero Bellingeri Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Intrigue, betrayal, love, war, progress, and tradition provide a colourful backdrop against which the lives of an Ottoman army officer, the Sultan's personal doctor, a scion of the royal house, and a beguiling Turkish aristocrat play out. All the while, the society to which they belong is transforming, and the Sublime Empire disintegrates. Here is a Turkish saga reminiscent of War and Peace, that traces not only the social currents of the time but also the erotic and emotional lives of its characters.

In the three decades that Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has devoted himself to writing fiction, he has also produced scores of witty, moving, and provocative essays and articles. He engages the work of Nabokov, Kundera, Rushdie, and Vargas Llosa, among others, and he discusses his own books and writing process. We also learn how he lives, as he recounts his successful struggle to quit smoking, describes his relationship with his daughter, and reflects on the controversy he has attracted in recent years. Here is a thoughtful compilation of a brilliant novelist's best nonfiction, offering different perspectives on his lifelong obsessions with loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped his experience.

Le narrateur est un Italien de vingt ans, féru d'astronomie et de mathématiques. Capturé par des marins turcs, il se dit médecin, et est offert comme esclave à un hodja, un savant. Le Maître et l'esclave se ressemblent de manière effrayante, éprouvent une méfiance immédiate l'un pour l'autre. Mais ils ne se séparent pas, vivent ensemble, travaillent ensemble, quotidiennement, d'abord sur la pyrotechnie, ensuite sur une horloge, enfin sur une redoutable machine de guerre pour Mehmet IV, sultan de 1648 à 1687. Mise à l'essai sur un château blanc, la machine ne fonctionne pas. Craignant pour sa vie, le Maître usurpe l'identité du narrateur. Celui-ci reste à Istanbul, devient le Maître. Des années plus tard, il entend parler de l'Autre, comme d'un ancien esclave capturé par des marins turcs, et qui s'est évadé...