BY ORHAN PAMUK
If readers
are inclined to be suspicious of a fiction writer's memories--as well they
should be--more than 200 photos and prints provide arresting physical evidence
for Pamuk's metaphysical reality.
Short, lyrical chapters span his early
childhood through young adulthood, focusing always on his relationship with the
city and its history.
In a shrinking world full of rootless wanderers, it's
surprisingly rare to read of someone who feels compelled to stay "in the
same city, on the same street, in the same house, gazing at the same
view"--and instructive to see how much can be learned thereby.
--Booklist
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