num_pages: 296
description: A parable about love, literature and fanaticism. A young university student becomes obsessed with a magical book that delves into the dangerous natures of love and self. Abandoning his studies and his family, he goes with the beautiful Janan on a search for the meaning of the book's darker secrets.
language: English
title: The New Life
titlecomplete: The New Life
genres: 20th Century, Unfinished, Turkish, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Novels, Turkish Literature, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 8678
places: Turkey
publisher: Faber and Faber