Monday, April 8, 2019

ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY -- 31


BY ORHAN PAMUK


Istanbul as shared melancholy, Istanbul as double, Istanbul as black-and-white images of crumbling buildings and phantom minarets, Istanbul as a city of maze-like streets seen from high windows and balconies,

Istanbul as an invention of foreigners, Istanbul as a place of first loves and last rites: In the end, all these attempts at definition become Istanbul as self-portrait, Istanbul as Pamuk himself.

--The Washington Post

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