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A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Strangeness in My Mind about?
Through one man’s journeys around a vibrant city, Orhan Pamuk asks what matters more in life: what we wish for, or what fate has in store? Translated by Ekin Oklap.At a wedding, Mevlut catches sight of a girl and promptly falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters, they elope to Istanbul. Almost immediately, Mevlut realises he has made a mistake. But it’s too late now. Over the next four decades, he works various jobs on the city streets, witnessing all of the transformative moments, political clashes, and military coups that shape the country. And every evening he sells his wares on the streets, part of the city but always a stranger in his mind."A Turkish word for melancholy is huzun, and Orhan Pamuk’s writing soaks in it. Certain jazz musicians excepted, few artists conjure sweet sadness as unremittingly.....Yet “A Strangeness in My Mind” lacks the visceral and cerebral impact of Mr Pamuk’s best novels, notably “Snow” and “My Name Is Red” (2001). For all its melancholy, it verges on being cute. You can say about it what one character says of Mevlut: “He’s a bit of a weirdo, but he’s got a heart of gold.”" - Dwight Garner, The New York TimesOrhan Pamuk is the author of m
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571275984
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.07 / 5 (316 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Kafamda bir tuhaflık : boza satıcısı Mevlut Karataş'ın hayatı, maceraları, hayalleri ve arkadaşlarının hikâyesi ve 1969 ile 2012 yılları arasında İstanbul hayat (2014)
- Diese Fremdheit in mir Abenteuer und Träume des Boza-Verkäufers Mevlut Karataş und seiner Freunde sowie ein aus zahlreichen Perspektiven erzähltes Panorama des (2016)
- A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karataş, a seller of boza, and of his friends, and also a portrait of life in Istanbul betw (2016)
- A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karataş, a seller of boza, and of his friends, and a portrait of life in Istanbul between 1 (2015)
- A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karata, a seller of boza, and of his friends, and a portrait of life in Istanbul between 19 (2015)
- Una Sensación Extraña (2014)
- Una sensación extraña : una historia sobre la vida, las aventuras, los sueños y los amigos de Mevlut Karata, el vendedor de boza, y una fotografía de la vida de (2015)
- Moi Strannye Mysli (2016)
- Una sensación extraña (2015)
- A strangeness in my mind : being the adventures and dreams of Mevlut Karataş, a seller of boza, and of his friends, and also a portrait of life in Istanbul betw (2015)
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