Publisher | Faber & Faber |
ISBN 13 | 9780571275991 |
ISBN 10 | 571275990 |
Author | Orhan Pamuk |
Book Format | Paperback |
Language | English |
Editorial Review | A magnificent novel. (Wall Street Journal) Powerful and moving. (TLS 'Books of the Year') Magnificent . . . Prepare to fall in love with this everyman, this vendor of street-level history whose cry echoes down the years. (Independent on Sunday) Life-affirming story telling at its best. Written with humour, warmth and generosity, capturing the country's political upheaval and the extraordinariness of ordinary human life . . . A dazzling portrait of the author's beloved Istanbul. (Mail on Sunday) A polyphonic novel about desire, memory, change and the lost pleasures of walking around Istanbul's long-gone neighbourhoods. (FT 'Books of the Year') With its comedy, sentiment, melodrama and voracious curiosity about the urban habitat, this is Pamuk's most Dickensian work . . . City and soul converge. (Independent) |
About the Author | Orhan Pamuk, is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul and Snow. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Museum of Innocence, was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul. |
Language | English |
Edition Number | Main Edition |
Publication Date | 42558 |
Number of Pages | 784 |