A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karatas, a seller of Boza, and of his friends, and also a portrait of life in Istanbul between 1969 and 2012 from many different points of view
Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-2016
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At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin, she agrees to elope with him, and on a dark night the two come together for the first time. As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul, Mevlut realises he has been misled. But the die is cast, and the situation will determine the rest of his days. Over the next four decades in Istanbul, Mevlut works various jobs to support his loving wife and family; work that gives him a special perspective on his rapidly changing city and the people who live there. And every evening he walks the streets, selling his wares and dreaming his dreams. Orhan Pamuk is the winner of the Nobel Prize.
Main title:
A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karatas, a seller of Boza, and of his friends, and also a portrait of life in Istanbul between 1969 and 2012 from many different points of view / Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap.
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Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2016.London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
Collation:
xv, 749 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2015.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780571275991 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishTurkish
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BRN:
1582307