Istanbul: Memories and the City
by Orhan Pamuk
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1524732230
- ISBN 13
- 9781524732233
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$41.56CA$29.10
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 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 require additional postage.
Synopsis
Orhan Pamuk's novel My Name Is Red won the 2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Istanbul.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016313
- Title
- Istanbul: Memories and the City
- Author
- Orhan Pamuk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1524732230
- ISBN 13
- 9781524732233
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Istanbul Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, autobiography, life in Istanbul, The Middle East, Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer, Turkish childhood, childhood memories of Istanbul,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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