by Orhan Pamuk · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499080314
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In 'Istanbul: Memories and the City,' Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, offers us an intimate yet panoramic portrait of Istanbul, a fascinating city that stretches between Europe and Asia. Through his childhood and youth memories in an old family apartment, Pamuk immerses us in the melancholy of a city struggling to find its place between a glorious past and modernity. The author guides us through ruined buildings, secret alleys, and the therapeutic Bosphorus River, introducing painters, writers, and celebrated figures who have shaped Istanbul's identity. This book is both an autobiography and an elegy to a city that is life, health, and happiness in the narrator's memory.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
