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Ugh. It's actually a bit boring for me.. I was hoping for more glimpses into Pamuk's life, but he played a lot with references from painters and writers about Istanbul. Probably because this book is more about Istanbul than about Orhan Pamuk? I just can't enjoy this book that much because this is my first time reading Orhan Pamuk (and maybe that's the reason why I can't relate that much with him - I don't really know him!), and there are too many things that I don't understand in this book, espe
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This was haunting and beautifully written, but I just couldn't get all the way through it.
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Though this got a bit repetitive after a while I overall liked the pondering of the sorrow in Istanbul and the author's family relationships. As the name says don't except to read only about Pamuk's family. This memoir has historical details and descriptions of the city of Istanbul. It's left to the reader to decide how much the two subjects intertwine.
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