Translated into English 30 years after its original publication, 鈥淪ilent House鈥 takes its name from the rundown mansion in coastal Turkey in which members of an extended family gather on the eve of a military coup. From a pinched and devout widow to her spoiled, Westernized grandchildren, the characters ruminate on the past and alternately fear and anticipate a vastly different future in a 鈥渄ark family saga [that] is a brilliant comic satire on a nation鈥檚 drive for modernity,鈥 says Jaggi.
