At first glance, it’s a quiet story—no dramatic twists, just life unfolding in Istanbul. But once you read Pamuk, you’re hooked: the characters become part of your world. It’s a vivid, immersive portrait of daily life and longing.
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It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park.
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A Strangeness in My Mind, Orhan Pamuk
- Language
- Released
- 2015
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- (Hardcover)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Orhan Pamuk
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 624
- ISBN10
- 0571275974
- ISBN13
- 9780571275977
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Life, Literary Fiction, Marriage, Villages, Turkey, Turkish Literature, Turkish
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- It is the story of boza seller Mevlut, the woman to whom he wrote three years' worth of love letters, and their life in Istanbul. In the four decades between 1969 and 2012, Mevlut works a number of different jobs on the streets of Istanbul, from selling yoghurt and cooked rice, to guarding a car park.