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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, and on a dark night the two come together for the first time. 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. Over the next four decades in Istanbul, Mevlut works various jobs to support his loving wife and family; work that gives him a special perspective on his rapidly changing city and the people who live there. And every evening he walks the streets, selling his wares and dreaming his dreams.
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A magnificent novel., Wall Street Journal
Powerful and moving., TLS 'Books of the Year'
Magnificent . . . Prepare to fall in love with this everyman, this vendor of street-level history whose cry echoes down the years., Independent on Sunday
Life-affirming story telling at its best. Written with humour, warmth and generosity, capturing the country's political upheaval and the extraordinariness of ordinary human life . . . A dazzling portrait of the author's beloved Istanbul., Mail on Sunday
A polyphonic novel about desire, memory, change and the lost pleasures of walking around Istanbul's long-gone neighbourhoods., FT 'Books of the Year'
With its comedy, sentiment, melodrama and voracious curiosity about the urban habitat, this is Pamuk's most Dickensian work . . . City and soul converge., Independent
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Powerful and moving., TLS 'Books of the Year'
Magnificent . . . Prepare to fall in love with this everyman, this vendor of street-level history whose cry echoes down the years., Independent on Sunday
Life-affirming story telling at its best. Written with humour, warmth and generosity, capturing the country's political upheaval and the extraordinariness of ordinary human life . . . A dazzling portrait of the author's beloved Istanbul., Mail on Sunday
A polyphonic novel about desire, memory, change and the lost pleasures of walking around Istanbul's long-gone neighbourhoods., FT 'Books of the Year'
With its comedy, sentiment, melodrama and voracious curiosity about the urban habitat, this is Pamuk's most Dickensian work . . . City and soul converge., Independent
The new novel from Orhan Pamuk, A Strangeness In My Mind, is a love story and modern epic set in Istanbul
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0571275990
- ISBN 13 9780571275991
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 . . . 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571275991
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