http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/pamuks-nobel/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:51:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/pamuks-nobel/#comment-576 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:22:38 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/pamuks-nobel/#comment-576 Orhan Pamuk is a brave writer who has not left his city/country in spite of being subject to severe hostility. His 'Istanbul' is a master autobiography of the city and the author. This is so because the author identifies so closely with the city in spite of being brought up amongst the minority westernised elite of Turkey. The identification is unique because the melancholic strain in the book is at times that of the author and at times that of Istanbul and at times of both. It is a must read and a good read. Orhan Pamuk is a brave writer who has not left his city/country in spite of being subject to severe hostility. His ‘Istanbul’ is a master autobiography of the city and the author. This is so because the author identifies so closely with the city in spite of being brought up amongst the minority westernised elite of Turkey. The identification is unique because the melancholic strain in the book is at times that of the author and at times that of Istanbul and at times of both. It is a must read and a good read.

]]> http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/pamuks-nobel/#comment-550 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:34:47 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/10/21/pamuks-nobel/#comment-550 I love Margaret Atwood. I love Orhan Pamuk. One of a kind writers! I love Margaret Atwood.
I love Orhan Pamuk.
One of a kind writers!

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