by Orhan Pamuk · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439720294
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«Estambul. Ciudad y recuerdos» is Orhan Pamuk's memoir and travel book, published by Random House in hardcover (448 pages, in Spanish).
Orhan Pamuk weaves his autobiography together with a portrait of Istanbul, from childhood in the family apartment to the decision to abandon architecture for writing. He recalls walks along the Bosphorus, the melancholy of a city with a glorious past in ruins, and the political, religious and linguistic tensions that marked his youth.
The original work is titled «İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir» and was published in 2003; this Spanish edition, translated by Rafael Carpintero, appeared in 2006.
For readers of memoirs and travel literature, and for those who follow the work of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Orhan Pamuk.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
