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[bookelfe]

I almost wish I'd waited to read Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul: Memories and the City until after I'd actually had a chance to see Istanbul with my own eyes. (SOMEDAY.) But on the other hand, from the context of the book, coming to see Istanbul as a tourist wouldn't make a huge difference; he's writing an intensely personal memoir about growing up in

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[ojuzu]

*remembers lj exists* *remembers how awesome you are, 5 seconds later*

Orhan Pamuk! I still haven't finished any of his books, dearly though I love them (about halfway through Snow at the moment, and adoring it -- still only a little way into Other Colors, due to not bringing my SRS BZNS first edition on vacation).

[bookelfe]

It seems I really should read Snow! It's his best-known, and . . . therefore obviously the only one I haven't read. Um.