The New Life Elanor Dymott To make matters worse

To make matters worse

crossing the Waal under a hail of fire with the US paratroops of 82nd airborne

One Sunday morning

Their gifts are exquisite: a full set of Italian crockery

One wonders where they find time for so much mischief

The New Life Elanor Dymott To make matters worse'I read a book one day, and my whole life was changed.' So begins The New Life, Orhan Pamuk's fabulous road novel about a young student who yearns for the life promised by a dangerously magical book. He falls in love, abandons his studies, turns his back on home and family, and embarks on restless bus trips through the provinces, in pursuit of an elusive vision. This is a wondrous odyssey, laying bare the rage of an arid heartland. In coffee houses