The white castle : a novel /
by Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Victoria Holbrook.
- 1st Vintage International ed.
- New York : Vintage International/Vintage Books, 1998, c1990.
- 161 p ; 21 cm.
Translation of: Beyaz kale.
After a young Italian scholar is taken captive on his journey from Venice to Naples he is handed over to Hoja, a scholar in Constantinople who happens to be the Italian's exact double, and as the young Italian teaches Hoja about Western science and technology the question arises about whether they would be able to switch identities.