The Red-Haired Woman (and Part III)

   One can read the third part of the novel straight through in one go. In these lines you observe a drastic change in the narration of events and until here I´ll speak about it.

   Mr. Pamuk says that Turkish people are very singularly preoccupied with the distinction between authentic and artificial and I say this occurs in all countries, it´s the same the whole world over. For me, to be authentic is the real treasure a person can have. In my case it was clear that I could win that race in the Borstal and having achieved the governor´s smile and the smile of his mates, but I decided to let myself be won by Gunthorpe's boy, but not let me win by the pop-eyed potbellied governor.

   With regard to the reason the protagonist left Master Mahmut in the well, inside the well, our Red-Haired Woman clarifies us why. The real reason is in the woman´s mouth not in my hands. However, I still think that there was a sudden cut a few pages ago.

   Another aspect treated in the book is the distortion that the media make of any subject with the only goal of selling and selling. Apparently this is also universal. It happens here and it happens in Turkey.

   From my Borstal.

   LDR