“Now it’s just a local
branch,” he said with an ironic laugh, sizing up the arched entryway and the
cavernous, nearly empty atrium.
It has deep associations for Mr. Pamuk.
In
1973, at 21, he had just dropped out of architecture school to devote himself
to writing.
Afflicted by self-doubt and parental skepticism, he decided to test
his abilities by entering a short story in a local magazine competition.
-Joshua Hammer
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