Orhan Pamuk: Istanbul (CS)

Istanbul is an engaging and at the same time unusual look at one of the world's capitals through the eyes of an author who is inextricably linked to it. The book is not only a tribute to Istanbul and the Bosphorus Strait, but also a kind of personal chronicle of Pamuk's artistic maturation. Family history and the author's recollections are interspersed with essays on painters, writers, and travelers—both Western and Turkish—connected to Istanbul. However, Pamuk's Istanbul is not a joyful ode to a thousand-year-old city, but rather captures the city in its gloomy tones and with its essential melancholy, emphasized by the captivating photographs of emi Ara Güler.