er before published in English, SilentHouse is Orhan Pamuk's second novel, a moving story of a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup of 1980. in an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near istanbul, a widow, Fatma, awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistle young doctor, fırst arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithful serv