{"product_id":"istanbul-memories-and-the-city-by-orhan-pamuk","title":"Istanbul Memories and the City By Orhan Pamuk","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\" data-testid=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"contentContainer\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy–or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eü\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eü\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003en–\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIstanbullus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs he companionably guides us across the Bosphorus, through Istanbul's historical monuments and lost paradises, its dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways, he also introduces us to the city's writers, artists and murderers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike the Dublin of Joyce and Jan Morris' Venice, Pamuk's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIstanbul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47516429779164,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47516429811932,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/19_997d7cfa-e702-4992-9b72-f61bab36eaab.png?v=1769856227","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/istanbul-memories-and-the-city-by-orhan-pamuk","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}