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*Istanbul* is a portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the Europe that looks toward Asia. But it is also an autobiography—that of Orhan Pamuk himself. His story begins in childhood, as he recalls becoming aware that he lived in a space steeped in melancholy—a place burdened by a glorious past while striving to carve out a niche for itself within "modernity." This elegy invites us into a world of phantasmagorical mansions and secret alleyways, of precious, ever-changing statues, and of painters, writers, and notorious murderers. It is a city where, above all else, the Bosphorus stands out—a therapeutic presence that, in the narrator’s memory, represents life, health, and happiness.

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• Categories->Books->2026
• Languages->World Languages->Spanish
• Subjects->Autobiography
• Subjects->Biography
• Subjects->Description and travel