Pamuk, Orhan 1952-

Snow by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
138 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 32 languages and held by 2,818 libraries worldwide
After years of lonely political exile, Turkish poet Ka returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral and learns about a series of suicides among pious girls forbidden to wear headscarves.

My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
120 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 27 languages and held by 2,398 libraries worldwide
"When the Sultan commissions a great book to celebrate his royal self and his extensive dominion, he directs Enishte Effendi to assemble a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed, and no one in the elite circle can know the full scope or nature of the project." "Panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears, and the Sultan demands answers within three days. The only clue to the mystery - or crime? - lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Has an avenging angel discovered the blasphemous work? Or is a jealous contender for the hand of Enishte's ravishing daughter, the incomparable Shekure, somehow to blame?"--BOOK JACKET.

Istanbul : memories and the city by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
146 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in 28 languages and held by 1,978 libraries worldwide
A portrait, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost man of letters. Blending reminiscence with history; family photographs with portraits of poets and pashas; art criticism, metaphysical musing, and, now and again, a fanciful tale, Pamuk invents an ingenious form to evoke his lifelong home, the city that forged his imagination. He begins with his childhood, his first intimations of the melancholy awareness of living in the seat of ruined imperial glories, in a country trying to become "modern" at the crossroads of East and West. Against a background of shattered monuments, neglected villas, ghostly backstreets, and, above all, the fabled waters of the Bosphorus, he charts the evolution of a rich imaginative life, which furnished a daydreaming boy refuge from family discord and inner turmoil, and which would continue to serve the famous writer he was to become. --From publisher description.

The museum of innocence by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
38 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,940 libraries worldwide
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects--a museum of one man's broken heart--that chronicle Kemal's lovelorn progress and his afflicted heart's reactions.

The black book by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
111 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 1,437 libraries worldwide
Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective-novel-loving Rüya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband, Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst. With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity. For Turkish literary readers it is the cherished cult novel in which Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language readers. Now, in Maureen Freely's beautiful new translation, they, too, may encounter all its riches.--Publisher description.

The white castle : a novel by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
137 editions published between 1985 and 2011 in 28 languages and held by 1,285 libraries worldwide
Orhan Pamuk proffers a dazzling work of historical and philosophical fiction, set amid the scholarship and savagery of 17th-century Constantinople. When a young Italian scholar is taken prisoner, he becomes the slave and tutor of a Turkish scholar who is his exact double. THE WHITE CASTLE is a triumph of the imagination, as colorful and intricately patterned as a Turkish prayer rug.

Other colors : essays and a story by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
43 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,226 libraries worldwide
"Orhan Pamuk's first book since winning the Nobel Prize, Other Colors is a collection of essays on his life, his city, his work, and the example of other writers."--Jacket.

The new life by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
88 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in 24 languages and held by 1,172 libraries worldwide
A novel on Turkey featuring a group of students infatuated with a book. One of them has even abandoned his studies to make copies by hand so others can share it. It is never made clear what the book contains, but while the young are enthusiastic their elders think the contents are degenerate, another example of foreign influence ruining the country.

The naive and the sentimental novelist by Orhan Pamuk ( Book )
6 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 461 libraries worldwide
Orhan Pamuk examines the relationship between author and reader, discussing the distinction between "naive" and "sentimental" writing, and considering the fundamental elements of a novel--character, plot, time, setting--that tie a reader to a fictional world.

Istanbul : city of a hundred names by Alex Webb ( Book )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 179 libraries worldwide