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[EAN: 9781524732233], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY], ISTANBUL TURKEY, ISTANBUL, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ORHAN PAMUK, TURKISH WRITER, CHILDHOOD, C… Más…

[EAN: 9781524732233], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY], ISTANBUL TURKEY, ISTANBUL, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ORHAN PAMUK, TURKISH WRITER, CHILDHOOD, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF, Biography & Autobiography|Personal Memoirs, History|Historiography, History|Study & Teaching, History|Social History, Biography & Autobiography|Editors, Journalists, Publishers, History|Europe|Eastern, Jacket, Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Deluxe Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT Price Clipped ($45.00). Red paper over boards with royal purple overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Photographic endpapers. 558 pp tall 8vo. This is a large-format, deluxe, collectible edition of the author's beloved memoir about life in Istanbul, with more than 200 added illustrations and a new introduction. The author was born in Istanbul and lives in the family apartment building thus making his portrait of the city a 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 the lives of 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. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will r, Books<

2017, ISBN: 9781524732233

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygo… Más…

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers". This is the Deluxe Edition with 439 photos and illustrations. Bright, clean copy. Record # 383490, Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, 3<