Istanbul
Orhan Pamuk
ISBN 10: 1400040957 ISBN 13: 9781400040957
Published by Random House, 2005
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A portrait, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost man of letters, author of the acclaimed novels Snow and My Name Is Red.
Blending reminiscence with history; family photographs with portraits of poets and pashas; art criticism, metaphysical musing, and, now and again, a fanciful tale, Orhan Pamuk invents an ingenious form to evoke his lifelong home, the city that forged his imagination. He begins with his childhood among the eccentric extended Pamuk family in the dusty, carpeted, and hermetically sealed apartment building they shared. In this place came his first intimations of the melancholy awareness that binds all residents of his city together: that of living in the seat of ruined imperial glories, in a country trying to become “modern” at the dizzying crossroads of East and West. This elegiac communal spirit overhangs Pamuk’s reflections as he introduces the writers and painters (among the latter, most particularly the German Antoine-Ignace Melling) through whose eyes he came to see Istanbul. Against a background of shattered monuments, neglected villas, ghostly backstreets, and, above all, the fabled waters of the Bosphorus, he presents the interplay of his budding sense of place with that of his predecessors. And he charts the evolution of a rich, sometimes macabre, imaginative life, which furnished a daydreaming boy refuge from family discord and inner turmoil, and which would continue to serve the famous writer he was to become. It was, and remains, a life fed by the changing microcosm of the apartment building and, even more, the beckoning kaleidoscope beyond its walls.
As much a portrait of the artist as a young man as it is an oneiric Joycean map of the city, Istanbul is a masterful evocation of its subject through the idiosyncrasies of direct experience as much as the power of myth--the dazzling book Pamuk was born to write.
About the Author: Orhan Pamuk’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Istanbul.
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Title: Istanbul
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
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Edition: 1st Edition
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ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY [Signed]
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Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 384 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Red spine with gray image and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "U.S.A $26.95/ Canada $35.95", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending and creasing along the spine. Textblock has mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Orhan Pamuk on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1392765. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1392765
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Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 384 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Red spine with gray image and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "U.S.A $26.95/ Canada $35.95", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges and tail fore corners. Textblock has mild foxing along the edges. Signed flat by Orhan Pamuk on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1392757. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1392757
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A portrait, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the worlds great cities, by its foremost man of letters, Nobel Prize winner, Orhan Pamuk. This copy is in excellent condition, a first printing signed by the author on the title page with the As New dustjacket in clear, mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003138
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ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY - Rare Fine Copy of The First American Edition/First Printing: Signed And Dated by Orhan Pamuk - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 384 pages. Published in 2005. The author's valentine-memoir on subject. One of Orhan Pamuk's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul: Memories And The City" in a felicitous English translation. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers" (Publishers Weekly). "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, he has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures. He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "2018 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is fabulous, one of the most beautiful we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed copies of Pamuk's books are scarce and as such, have always been collectible. Copies available online have serious flaws or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1400040957. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 22366
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First American edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very fine/very fine in all respects. A clean unread copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with an archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. (No defects, no smells; signed only, without any inscriptions). Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # august28
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ISTANBUL: MEMORIES AND THE CITY - Rare Fine Set: Copy of The First American Edition/First Printing With Copy of The Uncorrected Proof of The New Illustrated Edition: Signed And Dated by Orhan Pamuk - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 384 pages. Published in 2005. Rare Orhan Pamuk collectible set. Fine copies of "Istanbul" First Hardcover Edition/First Printing, signed and dated by the the author, and the Uncorrected Proof of the 2017 New Illustrated Deluxe Edition. The latter contains lovely vintage photographs by Orhan Pamuk and others that did not appear in the original edition. The author's valentine-memoir on subject. One of Orhan Pamuk's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul: Memories And The City" in a felicitous English translation. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers" (Publishers Weekly). "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, he has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures. He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is magnificently signed and dated in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: "2010 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is spectacular, the most beautiful signed copy of this book we have ever seen. It comes with a pristine copy of the Uncorrected Proof of the New Illustrated Deluxe Edition (2017), which features photographs by Orhan Pamuk and other great photographers. This title is a contemporary classic. This is the only such signed and dated copy (with Uncorrected Proof) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed copies of Pamuk's books are scarce and as such, have always been collectible. Copies available online have serious flaws or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1400040957. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 21606
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