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A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms.
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Character-led, prestige, contemplative and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Orhan Pamuk
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 404
- Publisher
- Vintage, Vintage International, Random House Mondadori, S.A.
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- tur, English, Russian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780571218325
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