Thank you both! I've read The White Castle already. All in all, I've found two books by Orhan Pamuk translated in my language. I'll have to check up for English translations to find something else (Snow for instance). Cheers!

Hi, guest. After "as", both (eighter zero article or the) are possible: He was elected as manager of the office. He was elected as the manager of the office. This is when the word following "as" is something like a position/office. As

the rose as a symbolic figure is so meaningful that it’s got hardly any meaning Well, I agree with this. I've made quite may interpretations of the title and probably they are all correct (according to Eco). I didn't expect from Eco to give a

Hi, Yukusuz, Now it's clear. I'm happy you like Orhan Pamuk's books too. I'll probably have to look for some more of his books here. Best wishesh!

Hi, Yulysess, It hasn't occurred to me that there could be some connection but now that you mention it, yes, one can look at Orhan Pamuk's book in this way. I'm not sure he is really influenced by Eco, but I agree that one can see some

Yes, that's right, Wein. Cheers!

Hi, Wein, The voicing of consonants after s (which itself is voiceless) sounds very strange to me. I think it is much more difficult to say 'sbace' and 'sdandard' (unless you say 'zbace' and 'zdandard') than pronounce two voiceless sounds at

Yes, Paco, I was correcting your sentence, not the original one.

one barrier to do so Now that I read your note, CalifJim, I see you are right. What Paco means is in the first sentence. It just didn't seem logical to me.

have a good condition through the eyes of anti-Turkish people It is very strange to hear that, because the two books I read revealed to me the depth of Turkish soul and mentality and I loved that. He just confirmed my belief that the Turkish