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Istanbul

Memories and the City (Vintage International)

By Orhan Pamuk

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| Paperback | 9781400033881

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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-portContinue

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: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire.

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.

Critics

  • Le voci di Istanbul

    Una raccolta di interviste e scritti del Nobel per la Letteratura Orhan Pamuk (autore tra gli altri di Il mio nome è rosso, Istanbul e Neve), il primo scrittore turco a ricevere il prestigioso riconoscimento. Il libro si apre con il discorso di ringr ... (read full critics)

    mangialibri published on Sat, 18 Feb 2012

  • A map of the heart

    Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely 252pp, Faber, £16.99 Paradoxically perhaps, presumptuously certainly, I feel myself qualified to review this wonderful book by a Turkish novelist for the following reasons: first, I have experienc ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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    I love this book! It's a tale of a city told in a very melancholic fashion (or the city can only be understood through its melancholic beauty?) Somehow, the author's mourn of an era bygone reminded me of my very own city.

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  • Melancholy

    I could not read Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul because it was so drenched in melancholy. Nothing against the author. His writing style is gorgeous. This is a book that I will defnitely come back to when I will not be affected by sadness...

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    jacoutofthebox said on Jan 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

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