{"product_id":"9780571218332","title":"Istanbul: Memories of a City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIstanbul, through the mind of its most celebrated writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A declaration of love.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Magnificent, elegiac, impressionistic.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An irresistibly seductive book.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJan Morris, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a surprising and original blend of personal memoir and cultural history, Turkey's most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, explores his home of more than fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as a portrait of the artist as a young man becomes a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's greatest cities. Beginning in the family apartment building where he was born, and still lives, Pamuk uses his family secrets to show how they were typical of their time and place. He then guides us through Istanbul's monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways, and introduces us to the city's writers, artists and murderers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires, Pamuk's \u003cem\u003eIstanbul \u003c\/em\u003eis a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Times","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720087867638,"sku":"9780571218332","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/81e6io_L8IL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779270002","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9780571218332","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}