A mesmerizing love story with a cast of beguiling characters, from the Nobel prizewinning author Orhan PamukWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature'A magnificent novel.' Wall Street Journal'Powerful and moving.' TLS 'Books of the Year''Prepare to fall in love' Mail on Sunday'As head-exploding as War and Peace, and more comforting' Elif BatumanAs a child, Mevlut always felt like he was missing out. When he moves to Istanbul - 'the centre of the world' - he is immediately enthralled. He wanders through its alleys for forty years, working as a street vendor and gaining a unique perspective of a radically changing city.Mevlut watches his friends and relatives settle down and make their fortunes, while he stumbles toward middle age in a series of jobs leading nowhere. He never manages to shake the 'strangeness in his mind', until at last fortune conspires to let him understand what it is he yearns for . . .
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At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin, she agrees to elope with him. As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul, Mevlut realises he has been misled. But the die is cast, and the situation will determine the rest of his days.
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Powerful and moving.
A mesmerizing love story with a cast of beguiling characters, from the Nobel prizewinning author Orhan Pamuk.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571275991
Publisert
2016-07-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
637 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
47 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
784

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books of fiction, nonfiction, and photography. In 2003 he won the IMPAC prize for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.