About the book
From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a modern epic novel that tells the coming of age story of a street vendor in Istanbul and the love of his life.
Arriving in Istanbul as a boy, Mevlut Karataş is enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He becomes a street vendor, like his father, hoping to strike it rich, but luck never seems to be on Mevlut’s side. He spends three years writing love letters to a girl he has seen just once, only to elope by mistake with her sister. Although he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have together, Mevlut stumbles toward middle age as everyone around him seems to be reaping the benefits of a rapidly modernizing Turkey. Told through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters, in A Strangeness in My Mind Nobel-prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk paints a brilliant tableau of life among the newcomers who have changed the face of Istanbul over the past fifty years.
Editions of A Strangeness in My Mind
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780307361264
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780307700292
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307744845
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307361271
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101875834
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307361288
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780385368551
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780385368575
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780385368544
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780385368568
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From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a modern epic novel that tells the coming of age story of a street vendor in Istanbul and the love of his life.
Arriving in Istanbul as a boy, Mevlut Karataş is enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He becomes a street vendor, like his father, hoping to strike it rich, but luck never seems to be on Mevlut’s side. He spends three years writing love letters to a girl he has seen just once, only to elope by mistake with her sister. Although he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have together, Mevlut stumbles toward middle age as everyone around him seems to be reaping the benefits of a rapidly modernizing Turkey. Told through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters, in A Strangeness in My Mind Nobel-prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk paints a brilliant tableau of life among the newcomers who have changed the face of Istanbul over the past fifty years.
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From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a modern epic novel that tells the coming of age story of a street vendor in Istanbul and the love of his life.
Arriving in Istanbul as a boy, Mevlut Karataş is enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He becomes a street vendor, like his father, hoping to strike it rich, but luck never seems to be on Mevlut’s side. He spends three years writing love letters to a girl he has seen just once, only to elope by mistake with her sister. Although he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have together, Mevlut stumbles toward middle age as everyone around him seems to be reaping the benefits of a rapidly modernizing Turkey. Told through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters, in A Strangeness in My Mind Nobel-prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk paints a brilliant tableau of life among the newcomers who have changed the face of Istanbul over the past fifty years.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in A Strangeness in My Mind?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of A Strangeness in My Mind?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780307361264
Is A Strangeness in My Mind part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage International
Who is/are the Author/s of the book A Strangeness in My Mind?
Orhan Pamuk
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
A Strangeness in My Mind is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780307361264) and hardcover(ISBN 9780307700292) and paperback(ISBN 9780307744845) and paperback(ISBN 9780307361271) and ebook(ISBN 9781101875834) and ebook(ISBN 9780307361288) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780385368551) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780385368575) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780385368544) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780385368568)
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