He doesn't know how to use Turkish! I think he uses Europen languages much better than he uses Turkish.

I think Pamuk should plan to study Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı.

No, I don't use MSN!

Of course, I am! But I am not sure about Pamuk's language!

Similarly I too read Pamuk's books with their Turkish translations!

"Fotoğraflar ulaştığı için çok mutluyum- hangi takımı edindiğini çözmeye çalışıyorum, en azından biliyorum ki, sana o türden şeyleri gönderbilirim ve sonuçta sana varacaklarını da! Şimdi tüm fotoğrafların kopyaları var elimde ve onları bu hafta göndereceğim. Seni arayacaktım ancak geç olduğunu farkettim ve uyandırmak istemedim, belki yarın yine dener ve ararım, tatlı rüyalar."

Deli_kızın,

I bet you are reading Humanlandscapes as a translation book in your language. But I am not sure about Kara Kitap, Kar etc. He he he!

By the way, Humanlandscapes is a peerless/unique sort of literature: noel-poetry or poetry-novel,- a mix of poetry and novel.

I would be surprised if you hadn't loved Pamuk much. I wasn't mentioning or implying what Pamuk said about Armenian when I said he was the worst writer. I was just wondering from where Pamuk's remark came to your mind?

And, Deli_kızın, the problem is that I cannot understand the way he uses language and cannot see metaphors in his language while you are able to see them. Maybe I am as fool as I cannot see them in his books. And the chances are that I read Pamuk's novels as translation books in Turkish and that's very probably why you love Pamuk much more than a native reader.

Oh, I forgot to add this: Perhaps Pamuk isn't even a writer, he is only a bad translator like me!

Lenka,

There is, properly speaking, no writer so bad and famous as Pamuk. So I cannot recommend authors like Pamuk.

But what about Buket Uzuner? I would recommend you the two nice novels below:

Mavi Tuna-Kumral Ada / Mediterranean Waltz, (Sellerie Co., Palermo – Italy)
Uzun Beyaz Bulut-Gelibolu / Long White Cloud-Gallipoli

Lenka,

Send me your letter or post it here. I will do my best to help you.