Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire."Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." --The Washington Post Book World
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy--or hüzün--that all Istanbullus share.
With cinematic fluidity, Pamuk moves from his glamorous, unhappy parents to the gorgeous, decrepit mansions overlooking the Bosphorus; from the dawning of his self-consciousness to the writers and painters--both Turkish and foreign--who would shape his consciousness of his city. Like Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires, Pamuk's Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.
Orhan Pamuk is the author of The New Life, The Black Book, My Name Is Red, and The White Castle, among other works. He has received numerous international honors, including the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. In Istanbul, he lives with his wife and children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400033881 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400033888 |
| Title | Istanbul |
| Author | Orhan Pamuk |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2006-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement 2010, Winner of Nobel Prize 2006, Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2005 |
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