Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, returns to his home city in Istanbul: Memories and the City, where he reflects on Istanbul's unique role as a gateway to both the East and the West. This portrait of one of the world's great cities by its foremost literary resident mixes urban and personal history, sociology, and legend to render a portrait of Istanbul that is full of cultural contradictions. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful Ottoman Empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. In the last pages, Pamuk turns from art and architecture to writing, making this also a book about vocation.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Turkey
Raidergirl3 said, "Excellent idea. I've been doing this as well; some good books I've liked include ... Turkey: Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (nonfiction/memoir)."
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, returns to his home city in Istanbul: Memories and the City, where he reflects on Istanbul's unique role as a gateway to both the East and the West. This portrait of one of the world's great cities by its foremost literary resident mixes urban and personal history, sociology, and legend to render a portrait of Istanbul that is full of cultural contradictions. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful Ottoman Empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. In the last pages, Pamuk turns from art and architecture to writing, making this also a book about vocation.
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, returns to his home city in Istanbul: Memories and the City, where he reflects on Istanbul's unique role as a gateway to both the East and the West. This portrait of one of the world's great cities by its foremost literary resident mixes urban and personal history, sociology, and legend to render a portrait of Istanbul that is full of cultural contradictions. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful Ottoman Empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. In the last pages, Pamuk turns from art and architecture to writing, making this also a book about vocation.
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