Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleIslam, Melancholy, and Sad, Concrete Minarets: The Futility of Narratives in Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book.AuthorsAlmond, IanAbstractExamines the role of sadness in the book 'The Black Book' by Orhan Pamuk. Portrayal of the concrete events and sufferings in postmetaphysical parables; Reference of Islam as synonym for melancholy and resignation; Product of unhappiness of Allah.SubjectsSADNESS in literature; PAMUK, Orhan, 1952-; ISLAMPublicationNew Literary History, 2003, Vol 34, Issue 1, p75ISSN0028-6087Publication typeArticleDOI10.1353/nlh.2003.0002