[desertblues]

I am at page 150 now and I find this a challenging book. I still am rather puzzled about the Venetian young man, who isn't called by name anywhere.
The book looks like a novel set in a specific age, the 17th century, but the city of city of Constantinople was called Istanbul about 1923, when the Republic of Turkey was founded. For me this adds a little to the confusion of the story of these two (?) young men; one from the east and one from the west.

I found some music from the age this novel is set:
17th century Ottoman music


Venetian music of the early Baroque (around the 17th century)


edit: well, in retrospect, perhaps with this music I'm adding to the confusion in the book......