Throughout the Roman, we also see the caricature of the country along the axis of the East-West conflict. There are no in-depth descriptions of the cities, towns, etc. that are told. There are impressions, clues, but still they come alive in our eyes.
(The author is, above all, a good observer)

I think Orhan Pamuk has an obsession with objects and spaces. Osman tells us about his love with the accompaniment of spaces, objects and memories, and the search for a new life. What he can reach one, what he can find the other. We also close his book with a blurred smile.

One question: What is the place of Celal Salik in Orhan Pamuk's universe?

I have a strange and unique personal relationship with this book that dates back to 1988. Solitude and love. In the winter of 1988; full of sadness and cold. On a day when I was reading the book on the street and never wanted to finish it. I read it madly and carefully. The book was like a book that the narrator is reading. It was a kind of acquaintance with modern literature and the strange works of Pamuk (addressing the reader, talking about a book that we don't know what it is until the end, a narrator that we don't even know his name until a third of the end, with that strange story of his (going crazy and getting on buses that we don't know where they are going and is still with me), with that cruelty that he doesn't like the lines of the book, with that magical and enchanting prose and finally that extremely beautiful ending... Truly, this book had made me famous.

On those days, after reading the book, I thought that from then on only two things would be important to me and the rest of my life should be dedicated to them: love and books; like this sentence from the book: From now on, I will go to a place where the book takes me. There must be both lovers and a new life there.

Ten years have passed since those days, but every time I read "A New Life", it is like the first time, a wonderful experience, and that too on a day when the air of this city has become cold and cloudy again in the middle of summer; like Istanbul where Osman falls in love with his lover, exactly on the day when he reads a book and his ordinary and meaningless life suddenly changes...

Just like when I'm fortune-telling, I open the book on a random page and read a few lines for it and know that I will fall in love with it (even if I hate it for a longer time). I want to say that anyone whose life is not based on love (and books and ideals...) will not understand this book. Now they also know what I mean (August 13, 1998).

A man who was sitting on a purple sofa interrupted my words: Uncle Ali, do you accept God?

I thought for a while.

I said: My lover is waiting for me, in the hotel room...

**Reading Challenge 2016**

**41. A book that is guaranteed to bring you joy.**

No estaba en ninguna parte y estaba en todas y, quizá por eso, me parecía que me encontraba en el centro inexistente del mundo (p.272). This line from the book immediately catches your attention and draws you into its complex world.

I won't lie, it's a complicated book and at first, I struggled to keep up with the story and the narration. However, as I delved deeper, I realized that the novel unravels the mysteries of life and the human soul, although it may sound like a cliché.

The story follows the life of Osman, an engineering student. One day, he reads a book that changes his life completely. From that moment on, he begins a search for something - perhaps a new life, death, truth, or his own existence. He embarks on a journey of discovery, learning about life, freedom, and himself. Canan is his love interest, and together with Mehmet, they form a strange love triangle.

The story behind this book, which completely changes people's lives, has a backdrop of conspiracies, betrayals, and social criticism. I found the character of Dr. Delicado, who is Mehmet's father, interesting as a figure of censorship and the prohibition of books, as well as of modernity and Westernization in the East. It was something I didn't expect. And although the events may seem a bit convoluted, the weaving of time is really well constructed.

Osman, on the other hand, talks to an angel - perhaps death or the reader - and believes that when he finds it, his life will have meaning. He is searching for a new country - a new life - a pure country where he can fit in and express himself. As you get deeper into the book, you start to wonder who the angel is, who wrote the blessed life-changing book, what he is looking for, and why there is so much sadness and melancholy.
The style of Pamuk can be a bit shocking because of his long sentences, but he has some beautiful images and a very poetic tone. "La vida nueva" is a quite complex book that doesn't have a single reading or a single theme. It talks about many things, and each thing is important in itself. Moreover, you can't give an opinion on the book without giving spoilers because there is a concatenation of events that leads you to other things.
It's the first novel I've read by Pamuk and the third book I've read by him. Although I expected something different, I liked it. The ending, I'm not kidding, made me cry. It made me happy but also broke my heart. It's not a book recommended for everyone, and much less for starting to read the Turkish Nobel laureate.

Conclusion
In conclusion, "La vida nueva" is a challenging but rewarding read. It forces you to think about life, love, and the meaning of existence. While it may not be for everyone, those who are willing to invest the time and effort will be richly rewarded.

This novel contains the most beautiful opening of a book that I have ever read in my life. "I read a book one day and it changed my life."

The novel tells about a young man who sees a book next to one of the girls who attends his college. He decides to buy it and read it, but his entire life changes upon reading some of its chapters.

I like the author's focus and the density of his ideas, as well as his message in the prose and the detailed description of everything surrounding the characters in the novel.

The first part of the novel was very slow and boring, but it starts to improve in the second part.

Overall, this novel has its strengths and weaknesses, but it is still a worthwhile read. It makes you think about life and how a single book can have a profound impact on a person. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading thought-provoking novels.

A year and a half ago, during my long bus journeys in Anatolia, I delved into Orhan Pamuk's The New Life. Coincidentally, it's about a young man undertaking similar long bus rides in Anatolia. I discovered that the Turkish bus system was far safer than Pamuk depicts. However, aside from that, I recognized a good deal and was captivated by the power of his descriptions. I could clearly understand why he was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize, yet I ultimately felt somewhat underwhelmed by The New Life.

The New Life is a unique blend of a road novel and a metaphysical thriller. It narrates the tale of Osman, a student who reads a mysterious book that transforms his life. He becomes so fixated on the book that he embarks on a journey to uncover its secret, accompanied by a girl whose life has also been profoundly affected by the book. Their quest leads them through the Turkish hinterland and, more significantly, through a metaphysical realm where things quickly become perplexing or, rather, make an excess of sense. You be the judge.

This is not an easy read. Those anticipating a straightforward novel will be highly frustrated. It's not truly a novel but rather a postmodern parable that circles back on itself in the end. After a promising and enchanting start, Pamuk gets lost in philosophical digressions and metaphysical abstractions. While beautifully written and translated, they seem to lack a coherent plot. The increasingly obscure and surreal middle section is rather challenging to endure. It contains beautiful and sometimes hypnotic descriptions of Anatolia, a region caught between East and West. It also presents an interesting portrayal of amateur detective work, obsession, the role of books in one's life, and the particular joys of traveling with someone you love but are not in a relationship with. However, the overall story just doesn't come together. The ending is intriguing once again, but my main impression after finishing was that several chapters could have been omitted without harming the book. It's essentially a Borges story stretched over 300 pages, and while it has its merits (Pamuk is an excellent writer when focused on the story), the final effect is a bit excessive.

Nevertheless, I look forward to rereading The New Life. Several people have told me that the book grew on them upon rereading, and I believe it. I can easily envision it becoming a four-star book upon a second reading, now that I understand what the story is truly about. I also eagerly anticipate reading Pamuk's other works. I've been informed that The New Life is his most obscure book, and the others are actually quite brilliant. I can't wait to explore them.

No one writes like Pamuk. Each of his books is like a journey that you don't want to end. In this one, there coexist the romanticism of the Museum of Innocence, the absurdity of Snow, and the complexity of the Black Book. It is the most just Nobel of the last decade.

Pamuk's works are renowned for their rich and detailed descriptions that transport readers into unique worlds. His ability to blend different themes and styles creates a literary experience that is both captivating and thought-provoking.

The Museum of Innocence is a story that explores love, obsession, and the passage of time. It takes readers on a journey through Istanbul, filled with beautiful and melancholy moments.

Snow, on the other hand, delves into the political and social issues of Turkey, presenting a complex and often absurd picture of the country.

And the Black Book is a mystery that challenges readers to解开 its many layers and secrets.

Together, these works make Pamuk one of the most important and influential writers of our time.

Orhan Pamuk is known for his meticulous writing and his descriptions that connect all the events with their backgrounds. He said, "One day I read a book and my life changed." And many members of the jury have experienced this warm moment of connection with the words of another person that reached their depths in one way or another. The important thing is that the book has a meaning for each person that is different from others, and the hero saw a new life in the book and went to search for it. He traveled through Turkey, took buses, and thought he was in love. But where is love without the ability to deceive oneself?

I admit that I felt bored in the middle, but I don't regret that I finished it. Honestly, I forgive Pamuk for all the boredom because of the wonderfulness of Istanbul. At the end, I sat and thought about what I gained from my reading and found that the novel discusses an important topic, which is the search for the meaning of your existence that may be present around you. And I discovered that the book discusses the degree of difference in perception among humans. In the novel, you will find that the book means different things to different people.

But I admit that I have - and I think you have too - a certain receptive power for each writer that varies. (Naguib Mahfouz stopped after 20 novels, Elias Khoury after seven, Rabie Jaber after six, April Marquez after eight, and Haruki Murakami is still walking proudly in his gardens). And I think I have reached my limits with Orhan Pamuk because even when he amazed me, he didn't surprise me. And the idea of translation is better than the biographies of Abdel Qader Abdelali, even if I have read most of the writer's works in English.

In that strange time thousands of years ago, in 1999, just like Orhan, when I was making bus trips, I read a book. It was the best book that Orhan Pamuk had written in my opinion. The taste of it remained on my palate. I was grateful to it because it gave me the joy of reading in my mother tongue. That book is "My Name Is Red".

This book is not just a simple story. It is a profound exploration of art, love, and identity. Through the eyes of different characters, Pamuk展现了 the complex and colorful world of Ottoman Istanbul. The vivid descriptions and细腻的 characterizations make the readers feel as if they are actually there, experiencing the events along with the characters.

"My Name Is Red" is a masterpiece that combines history, culture, and literature. It is a book that I will always cherish and recommend to others.

Finally, and praise be to God, I finished this silly novel. I only finished it to train myself in patience and the strength of endurance.

The novel is like dreams. It is difficult to connect between its details, and it has scattered scenes from different eras, and there is ambiguity in it that makes it bear more than a thousand interpretations.

In fact, the novel seems very deep, but I didn't understand anything from it.. All that I understood is that it expresses the thoughts that circulate in all of our minds and the questions that turn us around and haunt us about death and the fate of the torn homeland between the proponents of Westernization and the proponents of nationalism.

Unfortunately, I was planning to read "My Name is Red", but I don't think I will be able to read it with enthusiasm at the present time. Maybe I will read it later after I completely forget this novel.

Not sure.

I had read 'Snow' from Pamuk's oeuvre last year and thought I'd give another one of his works a try. However, I don't think I was in the right frame of mind while reading this particular book. I even wonder whether I needed to be on some sort of drug to truly get into it.

Ironically, towards the end, the narrator apologizes for a couple of sentences of purple prose. This was a bit awkward because those were actually two of the sentences that I enjoyed reading.

Maybe Orhan Pamuk and I will never have that special connection or click. It seems that his writing style just doesn't resonate with me in the way I had hoped.

Despite this, I still appreciate his works and the effort he puts into them. I guess everyone has different tastes when it comes to literature, and perhaps I just need to keep exploring to find the authors and books that truly speak to me.

One day I read a book and my whole life changed.

It is the story of a young man who, along with a book he read, left his life behind and embarked on a quest to find an unknown world.

Everything starts when a student studying at the faculty of engineering reads a book that he sees a girl reading at school one day. After reading the novel, our protagonist, who feels that nothing will be the same as before, leaves his mother, his school, and his entire life behind and sets off to find the world in the book. Osman's tireless bus journeys, the unique world he wants to find by leaving everything behind, and the indescribable journey he is dragged into with Melek, the main character of that world, all fascinated me.

The light that Osman said shone on his face when reading the book of his life seemed to blind my eyes as well. I can say that with the protagonist's search, I also embarked on a search within myself.

It didn't take me long to finish the book, and I didn't want to leave the world that the novel presented to me. Years later, it became a book that I wanted to pick up again and sometimes leave myself to the quotes that affected me deeply inside.

I have a feeling as if I have read Orhan Pamuk's most beautiful book, and if there is a novel that can top "New Life", what a treat it would be for me!

If you haven't yet come across this book, I highly recommend that you pick it up and read it at the right time.

I end my review with a different quote that affected me a lot.

"If books arouse in me a compulsion to talk, they were doing this job among themselves in my head more often."

I was quite hesitant about how to rate this book. It was a book that I had wanted to read and been curious about for a long time, and it fell into my hands while I was rummaging through someone else's bookshelf. So I thought it was time to read it and started. First of all, I must state that there have been books that changed my life when I read them, and "New Life" is not one of them. I think Orhan Pamuk's Turkish is very difficult. This is a book full of words used in the wrong place and in the wrong way, and logical errors. If you can tolerate this, a not-so-bad story awaits you, and dozens of Atatürk statues in that story. If we don't count Orhan Pamuk's inner woman's obsession with Atatürk statues, "New Life" is a sad and actually dark story, but also a beautiful story. However, the last part of the book is written in a hasty manner and far from the satisfaction in the other parts of the book. That is, it does not disappoint in terms of the plot, but it does disappoint in terms of the author's writing experience and the use of language.