BY ORHAN PAMUK
Istanbul's hüzün,
Pamuk writes, "is a way of looking at life that... is ultimately as life
affirming as it is negating."
His world apparently in permanent decline,
Pamuk revels in the darkness and decay manifest around him.
He minutely
describes horrific accidents on the Bosphorus Strait and his own recurring
fantasies of murder and mayhem.
Throughout, Pamuk details the breakdown of his
family: elders die, his parents fight and grow apart, and he must find his way
in the world.
This is a powerful, sometimes disturbing literary journey through
the soul of a great city told by one of its great writers.
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