Pamuk Trial

I am about a quarter of the way through the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk's novel, Snow. I read a chapter then set it aside for a few minutes to savor the chapter I've read. It's the best novel I have read in at least ten years.

Pamuk was charged by the Turkish government this past week with making inflammatory remarks about Turkey in an interview he gave in Switzerland back in March. He discussed the Armenian genocide during World War I and the long standing hostilities between Turkey and Kurdish rebels. Turkey has long been in denial about these events. Pamuk goes on trial in December.

The EU will decide soon whether to admit Turkey into the union.