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Ebook About 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. 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 of living amid the ruins of a lost empire.With cinematic fluidity, Pamuk moves from his glamorous, unhappy parents to the gorgeous, decrepit mansions overlooking the Bosphorus; from the dawning of his self-consciousness to the writers and painters–both Turkish and foreign–who would shape his consciousness of his city. Like Joyce’s Dublin and Borges’ Buenos Aires, Pamuk’s Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.Book Istanbul (Vintage International) Review :
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mexicans of good class made a mockery of the dandified women of native or mixed blood, who gussied up their clothes and assumed the airs of the foreigner or socialite. Cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada drew cartoons of them and published them in the local newspapers and prolific and irreverent painter Diego Rivera incorporated them into one of his signature murals, “Memories of a Sunday in the Alameda Park”. He gave them a name, “catrinas”, and they are still mocked, celebrated, even awarded prizes in costume competitions, during of the “Day of the Dead”, a uniquely Mexican festivity that blends the struggles and pretentions, the sympathy and aspirations, of the existing world, with the conflicts and longing of the departed, from their residence in the Underworld.Something of this bleeds through Pamuk’s continually apologetic and ever dissatisfied view of the post-Ottoman Istanbul of his youth and yearnings, and a persistent conflict with the notions of “modernity” and “westernization”, as if these were some sort of extra-terrestrial invasion. His self-pity knows no end. How could “My Name is Red”, so brilliant, have emerged from the same pen as “Istanbul”, which instead of lauding a unique city, spends endless pages deploring the sights, sounds, scents and scenes that make it so remarkable. Am I just another Westerner, cradling my taste for the exotic? Forgive my outrage. Like India, or Mexico, or Uzbekistan, or Peru—you name it—this is not a world that was, it is a world that still is, but different. It changed. Everything changes. One century flows into another, conquests vanish in burocracy, pinnacles becomes nadirs, the unique degenerates, and when has it ever been different?Our author, however, finally relents, if just a notch. He, and I, like Pierre Lotí in his time, find Eyüp enchanting. But then, I am a westerner, entranced by the charm of this distant neighborhood, nestled at the very end of the Golden Horn. Pamuk makes us feel guilty for even turning to look at it. The author with translator conveys a rich literary style. I prefer newspaper, business style. I liked the way the author roams through the back streets rather than the tourist sights of Istanbul, which I have visited. A map or two would have been useful. So many suburbs were mentioned I wish I'd had the book on my Kindle so I could have looked up the regions on Wikipedia. After we'd discussed the book in a book group, where members described it as art, I went to Google Street View to see some of the neighborhoods. So I'd advise reading the book on a tablet where you can look up the places on maps.I know it is interesting to watch waterways - but given how many beautiful beaches there are in Turkey - staring at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, seems to me like looking at the Thames in London, not my idea of an idyllic view, but maybe better than looking at streets. The author finds great beauty in the Bosphorus - all I can say is beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.I felt sorry for the author, he seemed to have a very limited view of the world and a longing for the past. Ataturk provided a written language with western script, easier to learn than its forerunner. So yearning for the Ottoman Empire gave a highly biased view. Britain lost its empire, but I don't think many Brits long for a return to the past. So I found a rather pathetic character portrayed in the book who couldn't get with modernity and globalism.I did like the black and white pictures - although I'd have liked the figures to be titled. Instead, tedious paragraphs of fluffy language described some of the pictures.I was looking for more of a biography than a work of literature. I wanted historical facts, geographical maps, and maybe a few statistics. I found the book lacking as either a biography or a history of Istanbul. I'm glad I read the book, but I can't say I enjoyed it - until I reached chapter 35 where the author added a more biographical tone, I found it very hard going and tedious. Don't let this put you off though - I decided as a child to equate novels with fairy stories so decided the limited time in my life should be devoted to non-fiction rather than literature. Read Online Istanbul (Vintage International) Download Istanbul (Vintage International) Istanbul (Vintage International) PDF Istanbul (Vintage International) Mobi Free Reading Istanbul (Vintage International) Download Free Pdf Istanbul (Vintage International) PDF Online Istanbul (Vintage International) Mobi Online Istanbul (Vintage International) Reading Online Istanbul (Vintage International) Read Online Orhan Pamuk Download Orhan Pamuk Orhan Pamuk PDF Orhan Pamuk Mobi Free Reading Orhan Pamuk Download Free Pdf Orhan Pamuk PDF Online Orhan Pamuk Mobi Online Orhan Pamuk Reading Online Orhan PamukBest Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success By Ryan Leak
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