NMLP P-023171 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Black Book (Kara Kitap)

Orhan Pamuk · Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York) / Faber & Faber (London) · 1994

The 1994 Gun translation is the true first English edition. US and UK appeared the same year; precedence between the FSG and Faber imprints is not firmly established, so verify by imprint on the copy in hand. The 2006 Freely retranslation is a distinct first-thus.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023171 for "The Black Book (Kara Kitap)" by Orhan Pamuk (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023171, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).