Istanbul Literature and Fiction his most immersive historical novel

his most immersive historical novel to date' Daily Telegraph 'Elegant and affecting

Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots is already an international phenomenon

How did it all begin

joy and calm

With dinosaur colouring

Istanbul Literature and Fiction his most immersive historical novelOrhan Pamuk; Maureen Freely Istanbul is a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2006, was born in Istanbul, 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 huzun that all Istanbullus share: the sadness that