Winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureSaturated with sympathy and sense of place the book charts a boys journey into manhood and Turkeys into irreversible change Financial TimesAn ending that makes you immediately start the book all over again The Sunday Times Enchanting Wall Street JournalMany years have now gone by and jealousy compels me to keep her name a secret even from my readers But I must provide a full and truthful account of what happenedA studious young man spends a summer helping a master welldigger search for water on a barren plainAs the two struggle in the summer heat they develop a filial bond neither has known before In the nearby town where they spend their evenings a travelling theatre group has come to stay The young man is fascinated by the RedHaired Woman an alluring member of the troupe and their brief but intense love affair drives everything else from his mindBut in his distraction a horrible accident occurs which will haunt him for thirty years Until he decides to track down the RedHaired Woman and finally understand the fallout from that unforgettable summer
