ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY [Signed]

Pamuk, Orhan; Freely, Maureen [Translator]

ISBN 10: 1400040957 / ISBN 13: 9781400040957

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2005

About this Item

Octavo, 384 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Red spine with gray image and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "U.S.A $26.95/ Canada $35.95", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges and tail fore corners. Textblock has mild foxing along the edges. Signed flat by Orhan Pamuk on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1392757. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1392757

Bibliographic Details

Title: ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY [Signed]

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First American Edition, First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

An intriguing literary portrait of one of the world's most complex and diverse cities by the renowned author of My Name Is Red interweaves the history of Istanbul with observations and reflections on the city's landmarks, art, people, institutions, and great spaces. 35,000 first printing.

Review:

Delightful, profound, marvelously original. . . . Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." -The Washington Post Book World"Far from a conventional appreciation of the city's natural and architectural splendors, Istanbul tells of an invisible melancholy and the way it acts on an imaginative young man, aggrieving him but pricking his creativity." -The New York Times"Brilliant. . . . Pamuk insistently discribes a]dizzingly gorgeous, historically vibrant metropolis." -Newsday "A fascinating read for anyone who has even the slightest acquaintance with this fabled bridge between east and west." -The Economist