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rachna_03 's review for:
The Red-Haired Woman
by Orhan Pamuk
"It was the same way the words in my head couldn't keep up with my dreams. My emotions moved too fast for words to do them justice".
The Red Haired woman, is a tale of young teenager Cem, Who is living in Istanbul with his parents. His leftist father abandons them owing to his political agenda. Cem having left with his mother moves to Ongoren where he is hired as the apprentice to a master well digger to find water on a barren plain of Istanbul. As the Struggle in summer heat, excavating meter by meter with no luck the two develop affectionate bond of father and son. During this time Cem meets a beautiful Red Haired woman, a travelling theater artist and fall in love with her and spends a passionate night. Soon due his negligence Master dies and Cem holds him responsible for fateful incident that killed his fatherly Master Mahmut.
Parallel to this tale , there is frequent mention on ancient tales, the old story about Oedipus, in which son kills father and the Persian story of Rostam and Sohrab in which father kills his son. The story in the book largely talks about father and son relationship and Cem's obsession with these age old myths.
The story is on similar lines with Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Marakami. The modern retelling of Oedipus myths. Same myths but completely different story and very different narration, yet equally captivating. May not be the good choice as a first read by Orhan Pamuk, as in no doubt the author is one of the best. I would love to read other works by the author
The Red Haired woman, is a tale of young teenager Cem, Who is living in Istanbul with his parents. His leftist father abandons them owing to his political agenda. Cem having left with his mother moves to Ongoren where he is hired as the apprentice to a master well digger to find water on a barren plain of Istanbul. As the Struggle in summer heat, excavating meter by meter with no luck the two develop affectionate bond of father and son. During this time Cem meets a beautiful Red Haired woman, a travelling theater artist and fall in love with her and spends a passionate night. Soon due his negligence Master dies and Cem holds him responsible for fateful incident that killed his fatherly Master Mahmut.
Parallel to this tale , there is frequent mention on ancient tales, the old story about Oedipus, in which son kills father and the Persian story of Rostam and Sohrab in which father kills his son. The story in the book largely talks about father and son relationship and Cem's obsession with these age old myths.
The story is on similar lines with Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Marakami. The modern retelling of Oedipus myths. Same myths but completely different story and very different narration, yet equally captivating. May not be the good choice as a first read by Orhan Pamuk, as in no doubt the author is one of the best. I would love to read other works by the author