Istanbul. The city of memories. Pamuk O.

Orhan Pamuk is a famous Turkish writer, the owner of numerous national and international awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature for "finding the soul of his melancholy city." In fact, the action of almost all the novels of the writer takes place in Istanbul, the city of mysterious and beautiful, which survived the highest flowering and sad twilight of decline. However, if in other works the city skillfully hides behind the events, presenting as a suitable decoration, then in its book Istanbul. The city of memoirs ”Pamuk assigns him the role of the protagonist.

Talking about his childhood and youth, the writer reveals to us Istanbul, as a secret that should be recognized and love.