Beginning in the family apartment building where he was born, and still lives, Pamuk uses his family secrets to show how they were typical of their time and place. What begins as a portrait of the artist as a young man becomes a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s greatest cities. In a surprising and original blend of personal memoir and cultural history, Turkey’s most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, explores his home of more than fifty years. ‘An irresistibly seductive book’ Jan Morris, Guardian ‘A fascinating read for anyone who has even the slightest acquaintance with this fabled bridge between east and west.’ The Economist ** PRE-ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK ** Istanbul, through the mind of its most celebrated writer.
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