I read this book some time ago, maybe a year or so after it was published. I found the story so intoxicating and melancholy. Orhan Pamuk's story telling took me to Istanbul in ways I probably wouldn't be able to experience the same way if I went there myself. The images gave me a reference to all these situations and places and dug into my heart so deep that I still think about the way they were (in my mind's eye) in settings such as the party, their interactions, the crash. I felt like I was both inside Kemal's mind and Fusun's too. I do wish to go to Istanbul and walk through the streets and picture how it may have been at the time the book was set, so I may imagine to breathe in the love that never was, but somehow is in that place.
I read this book some time ago, maybe a year or so after it was published. I found the story so intoxicating and melancholy. Orhan Pamuk's story telling took me to Istanbul in ways I probably wouldn't be able to experience the same way if I went there myself. The images gave me a reference to all these situations and places and dug into my heart so deep that I still think about the way they were (in my mind's eye) in settings such as the party, their interactions, the crash. I felt like I was both inside Kemal's mind and Fusun's too.
I do wish to go to Istanbul and walk through the streets and picture how it may have been at the time the book was set, so I may imagine to breathe in the love that never was, but somehow is in that place.
I completely agree. I just finished reading this book and I still think about kemal and fusun's love story. I can't wait to go back to istanbul. X
One of my favourite authors and cities. This viseo is so insightful. Thank you
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