Orhan Pamuk’s memoir of growing up in Istanbul, blending family memory with the city’s post-imperial melancholy and beauty.
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Orhan Pamuk’s memoir of growing up in Istanbul, blending family memory with the city’s post-imperial melancholy and beauty.
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of My Name Is Red and Snow, a large-format, deluxe, collectible edition of his beloved memoir about life in Istanbul, with more than 200 added illustrations and a new introduction. 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...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Youthful love affair recalled; attraction without explicit detail
Violence & gore
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No evidence found in available sources
Profanity
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Substance use
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Social drinking mentioned in family and personal life
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Secular family life set against Istanbul’s Islamic cultural backdrop
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Turkish identity, East-West tension, post-imperial melancholy themes
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Family unhappiness and parental marital strife recalled
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