tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post8566245552827244248..comments2024-03-28T22:51:28.222+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: On Orhan Pamuk's The Naive and the Sentimental NovelistChandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-64545997436935817702011-04-02T09:59:55.834+05:302011-04-02T09:59:55.834+05:30Firstly,I don't think Anna Karenina is even th...Firstly,I don't think Anna Karenina is even the greatest novel written by Tolstoy. :P<br /><br />Secondly, terrific piece... really excited about this book.. Pamuk's other non-fiction works, "Istanbul" and the essays in "Other Colors" are as stimulating as his novels. The formal clarity and intricacy of structure of both "My Name Is Red" and "Snow" (remember the "snowflake" poems?) is scary good at times... Pamuk would be the man to talk about what makes a novel "tick", I guess..<br /><br />And finally, thanks a ton for your article in my campus mag Scholars' Avenue (IIT Kharagpur) :)Aditya Mani Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288886815027491282noreply@blogger.com