Istanbul

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A Used Istanbul Book in English. Renowned novelist Orhan Pamuk delves into his personal vision of Istanbul, weaving together his own memories and the city’s cultural history, reflecting his fifty years of living there. He describes Istanbul as a city reborn from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, a place he experienced as poorer, more dilapidated, and isolated than ever before in its long history. For Pamuk, Istanbul has always been synonymous with ruins and an end-of-empire melancholy, a feeling he has spent his life either confronting or embracing. For the young, imaginative Orhan, the bustling heart of Istanbul was the ‘Pamuk Apartments’, where his large, extended family each inhabited their own floor. Now, with his keen historical insight and remarkable storytelling ability, Orhan Pamuk revisits his family’s private histories and peculiar traits, revealing how they were emblematic of their era and locale. As he guides readers through Istanbul’s landmarks, its forgotten havens, decaying Ottoman residences, narrow alleys, and waterways, he also introduces them to the city’s diverse cast of writers, artists, and even criminals. In a captivating and deeply engaging manner, Pamuk redefines autobiography. What starts as a chronicle of the artist’s youth evolves into a vivid portrait of an extraordinary city.

9780571227532 ISBN
Biographies & Autobiographies
Biographies, Diaries & True Accounts