The Museum of Innocence - set in Istanbul between 1975 and today - tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique.
Maureen Freely Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)






Enlightenment
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- 16 uur lezen
Jeannie Wakefield needs help. Her family is being held by the US authorities. M is a journalist and at Jeannie's request she returns to Istanbul to investigate. She tries to be objective, but Jeannie's husband is also M's first love.
In the three decades that Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has devoted himself to writing fiction, he has also produced scores of witty, moving, and provocative essays and articles. He engages the work of Nabokov, Kundera, Rushdie, and Vargas Llosa, among others, and he discusses his own books and writing process. We also learn how he lives, as he recounts his successful struggle to quit smoking, describes his relationship with his daughter, and reflects on the controversy he has attracted in recent years. Here is a thoughtful compilation of a brilliant novelist's best nonfiction, offering different perspectives on his lifelong obsessions with loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped his experience.
Sneeuw
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- 17 uur lezen
De dichter Ka, die twaalf jaar als banneling in Duitsland heeft gewoond, keert terug naar Turkije. Hij raakt verzeild in het noordoosten, waar de winters ijzig koud zijn. In de grensstad Kars doet hij onderzoek naar de lokale verkiezingen, en ook over de golf van zelfmoorden die zich voordoet onder vrome jonge meisjes is hij van plan een reportage te schrijven.In de aanhoudende sneeuw doorkruist Ka de stad - die inmiddels door de zware sneeuwval voor enige dagen van de buitenwereld is afgeslote...
Kinder, Job und jede Menge Leben
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Freelys Thema ist ädas befremdende Vorurteil gegenüber Mütternä als zentralem Problem des modernen Feminismus. Ihr frischer, herzhafter Zugriff auf Alltag und Rolle von Müttern ist zugleich ironisierender Sozialreport und enthält auch konstruktive Thesen.
This work explores why feminism comes into conflict with women who have children, and why women with children suffer when they try to put feminist ideas into practice.
The Life of the Party
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- 15 uur lezen
Introduces Hector Cabot, a wild drunk and philanderer, who is both the catalyst and court jester to a group of displaced Americans and Europeans in an expatriate community in Istanbul
