num_pages: 161
description: The narrator looks back on his life as imperial astrologer for a Turkish sultan
language: English
title: The White Castle
titlecomplete: The White Castle
characters: Mehmed IV, Hoja, Unnamed italian slave (The White Castle)
genres: Turkish, Historical, Nobel Prize, Novels, Turkish Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 14741
places: Turkey, Istanbul
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
publisher: George Braziller