
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 …

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 …

Az Isztambul Orhan Pamuk Nobel-díjas török író 2003-ban megjelent memoárja, melyben Isztambul városát és az 1950-es, ’60-as évekbeli történelmét, a kelet öröksége és az atatürki új, modern elvárások közötti fájdalmas ellentétet mutatja be saját emlékein keresztül, melankolikus, szomorú hangnemben. A könyvet Ara Güler …