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An insightful compilation of essays, spanning three decades of work, by the Nobel Prize-winning author presents an array of criticism, autobiographical writings, and meditations on his own works, the writing process, the works of other notable authors, and such topics as quitting smoking, his relationship with his daughter, romantic and parental love, and differing attitudes toward art in the East and West. 60,000 first printing.
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The speech made by the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk on receiving the Nobel Prize is included in this typically thoughtful and atmospheric book, along with essays on Politics and writers who have affected his work (such as Dostoyevsky and Camus). There is also a short story about a 1950s middle-class Istanbul family much like his own. Loving vignettes about his father and small daughter sit alongside stringent critiques of nationalistic intolerance in Turkey and American involvement in Afghanistan. (Sunday Telegraph)
'This collection of Orhan Pamuk's literary journalism, family memoirs and occasional pieces is...endearing'. , (Sameer Rahim Telegraph)
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'This collection of Orhan Pamuk's literary journalism, family memoirs and occasional pieces is...endearing'. , (Sameer Rahim Telegraph)
Other Colours is a collection of the best pieces from twenty years of writing from Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0307266753
- ISBN 13 9780307266750
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