Belaia krepost' - Pamuk O.

Orhan Pamuk is a well-known Turkish writer, winner of numerous national and international prizes, including the Nobel Prize for Literature for "finding the soul of his melancholic city." The soul of the city is always found in its past, perhaps that is why Pamuk's talent is so brilliantly evident in historical novels such as "The Name to Me - Red" and "White Fortress". The plot of the "White Fortress", which takes place in the 17th century, is simultaneously simple and concurrently, like an ancient Arabic miniature: the main character, a young Italian, is captured by the Turks, where he becomes a slave to a strange man obsessed with cognition Universe. However, the most exciting mystery lies in the surprising similarity between an Italian prisoner and a Turkish scientist, who are similar to each other as two drops of water.