(from Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul: Memories and the City) Istanbul is in a unique location because it straddles the Asian and European continents. The Bosphorus Strait bisects the city—and Turkey ...

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, who marked his place in the global literature scene with his novels including My Name Is Red, Istanbul, Snow and Silent House was present at the Sharjah International ...

Istanbul, Memories and the City, by Orhan Pamuk (Knopf, 2005) Pamuk paints a portrait of himself and of his city, Istanbul, in this gentle, ethereal novel that hangs, dreamlike, between fantasy ...

Novelist Orhan Pamuk told the BBC earlier this month that ... The iconic, domed building sits in Istanbul's Fatih district, on the west bank of the Bosporus, overlooking the Golden Horn harbour.

Born in Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk rose to become one of Turkey’s most prominent novelists. His works have sold over 11 million copies worldwide and have been translated into sixty-three languages. In 2006 ...

The author, born in 1952 into a rapidly fading bourgeois family in Istanbul, spins a... Orhan Pamuk, Author, Maureen Freely, Translator, trans. from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. Knopf $26.95 ...

Born in Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk rose to become one of Turkey’s most prominent novelists. His works have sold over 11 million copies worldwide and have been translated into sixty-three languages. In 2006 ...

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