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Istanbul Memories and the City

Istanbul Memories and the City

Author(s): Orhan Pamuk

Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1950s-1970s

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Ekren Koçu devoted most of his life, between the 50’s and the 70’s, to compiling an encyclopedia of Istanbul. Pamuk brings the city to life through his oberservations.

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“‘This evocative book succeeds at both its tasks. It is one of the most touching childhood memoirs I have read in a very long time; and it makes me yearn – more than any...

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