{"product_id":"istanbul-memories-of-a-city","title":"Istanbul: Memories of a City","description":"Istanbul is a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2006, was born in Istanbul, in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy-or hüzün - that all Istanbullus share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost Ottoman Empire.\nAs he companionably guides us across the Bosphorus, through Istanbul's historical monuments and lost paradises, its dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways, he also introduces us to the city's writers, artists and murderers.\nLike the Dublin of Joyce and Jan Morris' Venice , Pamuk's Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0571218334\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0571218334.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pamuk, Orhan|Freely, Maureen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336813903933,"sku":"BVV.0571218334.A","price":6.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0571218334-0.jpg?v=1783808135","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/istanbul-memories-of-a-city","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}