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It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged But when Kemal encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie...

Évocation d'une ville, roman de formation et réflexion sur la mélancolie, Istanbul est tout cela a la fois. Au gré des pages, Orhan Pamuk se remémore ses promenades d'enfant, a pied, en voiture ou en bateau, et nous entraîne a travers ruelles en pente et jardins, sur les rives du Bosphore, devant des villas décrépites, dessinant ainsi le portrait fascinant d'une métropole en déclin. Ancienne capitale d'un vaste empire, Istanbul se cherche une identité, entre tradition et modernité, religion et laïcité, et les changements qui altèrent son visage n'échappent pas au regard de l'écrivain, fin connaisseur de son histoire, d'autant que ces transformations accompagnent une autre déchirure, bien plus intime et douloureuse, celle provoquée par la lente désagrégation de la famille Pamuk - une famille dont les membres, grands-parents, oncles et tantes, ont tous vécus dans le même immeuble - et par la dérive a la fois financière et affective de ses parents. Dans cette oeuvre foisonnante, magistralement composée et richement illustrée, Orhan Pamuk nous propose de remonter avec lui le temps de son éducation sentimentale et, in fine, de lire le roman de la naissance d'un écrivain.

In una Istanbul labirintica e malinconica descritta con straordinaria vivezza e precisione, un giovane avvocato, Galip, parte alla ricerca della moglie scomparsa. Prima di lasciarlo, Rüya ha scritto una lettera d'addio, e al di là delle diciannove, vaghe parole contenute nel messaggio, Galip è colpito dal fatto che la moglie abbia usato una biro verde. Una biro come quella che Galip aveva perso in mare quand'era bambino durante una gita in barca con Rüya, e che Celâl, fratellastro di Rüya, aveva inserito in una magistrale puntata della sua rubrica sul "Milliyet" dove immaginava tutti gli oggetti che sarebbero venuti alla luce "il giorno che il Bosforo andrà in secca". Tutto a Istanbul è inestricabilmente legato, e come in un sogno tutto può assumere un altro significato e ogni nome diventare pseudonimo. Celâl è un giornalista importante, amato e odiato, ma comunque molto letto. Dice di sé che avrebbe preferito occuparsi soltanto di argomenti solenni, battaglie decisive e amori infelici. Si ritrova invece a essere uno scrittore "pittoresco", impegnato in un'opera enciclopedica di ricostruzione della città, attraverso gli oggetti della modernità dai nomi occidentali e quelli polverosi e mezzi rotti della tradizione ("le cose che ci siamo lasciati alle spalle"). Ma Celâl non può aiutare Galip nella sua indagine perché è scomparso anche lui.

'Ruhumdaki bu kırılmayı hissediyor, yaklaşan yalnızlığımdan telaşa kapılıyor, içine düşmekte olduğum karanığın bir hayat tarzı olmasından korkarak herkes gibi olmaya karar veriyordum: On yedi- on sekiz yaşlarımda bir dönem herkesi güldüren, her fırsatta şaka yapan, herkesle arkadaşça, hatta serserice iyi geçinen bir cemaat adamı gibi gözükmeyi başardım... Herkesin kafayı fazla takmadan yaptığı şeyleri yapabilmek için niye benim dişimi sıkmam, gayret etmem, sonra da poz yaptığım için kendimden nefret etmem gerekiyordu? ' Pamuk çocukluk ve gençliğini anlatıyor... Yazarın kendini 'ben' olarak ilk hissedişinden, annesine, babasına, ailesine yönelen hikaye, bir hüzün ve mutluluk kaynağı olarak İstanbul sokaklarında açılıyor. Günümüzün büyük romancısının gözünden 1950'lerin İstanbul sokaklarını, parke taşı kaplı caddeleri, yanıp yıkılan ahşap konakları, eski bir kültürün yok oluşuyla, onun külleri ve yıkıntıları arasından bir yenisinin doğuşunun zorluklarını keşfederken Pamuk'un ruhsal dünyasının oluşumunu bir dedektif romanı okur gibi hızla izliyoruz... Bu çzgün ve benzersiz eserde, okurken elden bırakamadığımız kitaplara has o ruh ve duygu birliği var. Orhan Pamuk'un, Ara Güler başta olmak üzere İstanbul'un büyük fotoğrafçılarının çektiği on binlerce kareden ve kendi kişisel albümünden seçtiği fotoğraflar hikayeye eşlik ediyor.

The year is 1992. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey as a journalist, assigned to write an investigative piece about troubling events in the small and mysterious city of Kars near the Armenian border. The snow is falling fast as Ka arrives, and soon all roads are closed. He discovers a city plagued by a 'suicide epidemic' amongst young women, and where the Islamists are poised to win the municipal elections. If he wants to understand what's happened to this part of the world during his absence, this is the place to begin. But the rogue coup that unfolds before his eyes over the next three days tells him far more than he wants to know. He sees a city wasting away under the shadow of Europe, consumed by religious and political conspiracies, and haunted by the silences of its own history.

A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park. He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets, he watches most of the city get demolished and re-built, and he sees migrants from Anatolia making a fortune; at the same time, he witnesses all of the transformative moments, political clashes, and military coups that shape the country. He always wonders what it is that separates him from everyone else - the source of that strangeness in his mind. But he never stops selling boza during winter evenings and trying to understand who his beloved really is. What matters more in love: what we wish for, or what our fate has in store? Do our choices dictate whether we will be happy or not, or are these things determined by forces beyond our control? A Strangeness In My Mind tries to answer these questions while portraying the tensions between urban life and family life, and the fury and helplessness of women inside their homes.

A Strangeness In My Mind is a novel Orhan Pamuk has worked on for six years. It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park. He observes many different kinds of people thronging the streets, he watches most of the city get demolished and re-built, and he sees migrants from Anatolia making a fortune; at the same time, he witnesses all of the transformative moments, political clashes, and military coups that shape the country. He always wonders what it is that separates him from everyone else - the source of that strangeness in his mind. But he never stops selling boza during winter evenings and trying to understand who his beloved really is. What matters more in love: what we wish for, or what our fate has in store? Do our choices dictate whether we will be happy or not, or are these things determined by forces beyond our control? A Strangeness In My Mind tries to answer these questions while portraying the tensions between urban life and family life, and the fury and helplessness of women inside their homes.

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects--a museum of one man's broken heart--that chronicle Kemal's lovelorn progress and his afflicted heart's reactions.

Le musée de l'innocence. Nous sommes en 1975. Kemal, un jeune homme d'une trentaine d'années s'apprête à épouser Sibel, issue comme lui de la bonne bourgeoisie stanbouliote, quand il rencontre Füsun, une parente éloignée, vendeuse dans une boutique de luxe. Il tombe amoureux de la jeune fille. Sous prétexte de lui donner des cours de mathématiques, Kemal retrouve Füsun tous les jours dans l'appartement vide de sa mère, tout en poursuivant sa liaison avec Sibel. Après les fiançailles célébrées en grande pompe entre Sibel et Kemal, Füsun disparaît. Kemal rend alors visite à sa famille et emporte une simple réglette ayant appartenu à Füsun : ce sera la première pièce du musée qu'il consacrera à son amour disparu. Puis, il avoue tout à Sibel et rompt les fiançailles. Quelque temps après, Kemal retrouve la trace de Füsun, mariée à son ami d'enfance Feridun et rêvant de faire du cinéma. Kemal ira jusqu'à fonder une société de production pour aider le jeune couple. Sous ce prétexte, il dîne très régulièrement chez eux, emportant à chaque fois un objet touché par Füsun pour le placer dans son musée. Quelques années passent, et Füsun décide de divorcer afin d'épouser Kemal. Mais un accident de la route aura raison de leur projet de mariage : Füsun se tue au volant de sa Chevrolet de rêve. Kemal rachète alors son appartement et demande à l'écrivain Orhan Pamuk décrire leur histoire d'amour… Le musée de l'innocence est un grand roman nostalgique sur le désir et l'absence, une nouvelle preuve de l'immense talent de l'écrivain turc.

No és el veritable objectiu de la novel·la i del museu exposar els nostres records amb la màxima sinceritat possible i, així, convertir la nostra felicitat en la felicitat dels altres? Kemal presenta

Durante una semana, días y noches en la mágica capital de Turquía, un joven abogado, Galip, emprende la búsqueda de su mujer, a quien ama con locura desde la infancia, y que ha desaparecido dejando una carta de diecinueve palabras. ¿Se trata de un juego¿ ¿De un adiós? En cualquier caso, será también el descubrimiento de su propia identidad. A lo largo de la investigación, el lector acompañará al protagonista siguiendo indicios, reuniendo piestas, desntro de una coherente trama de espejismos e ironías.

Le narrateur est un Italien de vingt ans, féru d'astronomie et de mathématiques. Capturé par des marins turcs, il se dit médecin, et est offert comme esclave à un hodja, un savant. Le Maître et l'esclave se ressemblent de manière effrayante, éprouvent une méfiance immédiate l'un pour l'autre. Mais ils ne se séparent pas, vivent ensemble, travaillent ensemble, quotidiennement, d'abord sur la pyrotechnie, ensuite sur une horloge, enfin sur une redoutable machine de guerre pour Mehmet IV, sultan de 1648 à 1687. Mise à l'essai sur un château blanc, la machine ne fonctionne pas. Craignant pour sa vie, le Maître usurpe l'identité du narrateur. Celui-ci reste à Istanbul, devient le Maître. Des années plus tard, il entend parler de l'Autre, comme d'un ancien esclave capturé par des marins turcs, et qui s'est évadé.

The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture, and confirms Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, this work is a labyrinthine novel suffused with sights, sounds, and scents of Istanbul as it plumbs the mystery of identity, fiction, and reality.

Il ventenne gentiluomo veneziano, appassionato di astronomia e matematica, el'astrologo turco si assomigliano come fossero fratelli gemelli. Si guardanocon sospetto ma per anni vivono a stretto contatto impegnati nelle piùsvariate ricerche scientifiche: studiano i fuochi d'artificio, progettanoorologi e discutono d'astronomia, biologia e ingegneria. Insieme riescono adebellare un'epidemia di peste. Trascorrono molto tempo raccontandosi lapropria vita. Il sultano Maometto IV (1648-87) affida loro la costruzione diuna potente macchina da guerra, ma durante la disastrosa guerra in Polonia ilmarchingegno non funziona. L'unione si spezza e solo uno dei due "gemelli"tornerà in Turchia... Ma quale? Un romanzo che è metafora del legame traOriente e Occidente.