Orhan Pamuk

A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory …

Mitt navn er Karmosin er en roman av den tyrkiske forfatteren Orhan Pamuk. Den er forfatterens sjette roman, og kom ut i 2000. Historia utspiller seg i løpet av ni vinterdager i Istanbul i 1591, og romanens hovedpersoner er miniatyrmalere i Det ottomanske riket. I åpningskapitlet blir en av miniatyrmalerne brutalt …

Other colors is a 2007 book written by Orhan Pamuk.

In a crumbling mansion in a gentrified former fishing village on the Turkish coast, the widow Fatma awaits the annual visit of her grandchildren: Faruk, a dissipated historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün; and Metin, a high schooler drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riche. Bedridden, Fatma is attended by …

Snø er en roman av den tyrkiske forfatteren Orhan Pamuk. Publisert på tyrkisk i 2002 og utgitt første gang på norsk i 2005. I form av en spenningsroman beveger den seg på et psykologisk, politisk og filosofisk plan. Forfatteren gjør også flittig bruk av humor, og romanen kan til tider karakteriseres som …

Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel–loving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband or Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his …

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world …