2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
As you may know by now, Orhan Pamuk was today given the Nobel Prize in Literature. I am sure some will see it as another politically influenced choice from the Swedish Academy (Pamuk has been accused of "insulting Turkishness" in his native country), but I would be interested to hear from someone who has actually read Pamuk's works and could tell us how he is and where one should start.
It would also be great to hear from our Turkish members regarding how Pamuk's winning the prize has been greeted by the media there.
This summer, I actually almost bought his novel Snow, but ended up putting it back in favour of a Shakespeare biography (which I, in the end, didn't get either, now that I think about it). Now I think I will actually get it. :)