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A Strangeness in My Mind

By: Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap - translation
Narrated by: John Lee
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

At a family wedding Mevlut catches sight of a girl with whom he falls in love. After a secret courtship of letters passed via his cousin, she agrees to elope with him, and on a dark night the two come together for the first time. As they rush to catch a train to Istanbul, Mevlut realises he has been misled. But the die is cast, and the situation will determine the rest of his days.

Over the next four decades in Istanbul, Mevlut works various jobs to support his loving wife and family - work that gives him a special perspective on his rapidly changing city and the people who live there. And every evening he walks the streets, selling his wares and dreaming his dreams.

©2018 Orhan Pamuk (P)2018 Faber & Faber Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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Beautifully written and read. Spent some time in Istanbul in eighties and it sounds like it changed.

Loved it!

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An unusual sweeping tale of an Istanbul Street Vendor throughout the late 20th century. Pamuk’s sweeping narrative takes the reader through the social changes and attitudes of Turkey, highlighting the differences between the secular and religious elements of society, tradition vs modernity and the ever changing politics of the time.
Of particular note are the sequences wherein the central character observes various leftwing movements, including the Chinese and Soviet Rivalries played out in the local politics.
The book doesn’t seem too eventful, so those expecting action and plot twists may be disappointed, however, this is a book about feeling more than anything else.
The narration by John Lee, is, as always, superb. Anyone who has listened to the Audible performances of Snow or My Name is Red will be happy to hear the familiar voice performing once again.

Sweeping Epic

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A heartwarming story about your everyman finding his way in one of the most fascinating cities on earth nearly ruined by the narrator

good story spoiled by terrible narration

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The book immersed me in a world otherwise unknown. The recent history of Istanbul was quite fascinating. Well- crafted and worth listening to the end.
As a negative I thought the narrator was terrible. All male voices had the same awful slow cadence to their words, and all the women had a high-pitched and overly gentle tone . so very little distinction between the characters. As all the names are quite foreign to a native English speaker you need that help!

Profound and atmospheric

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loved the detail. not so keen on the narrator who had a strange way of reading the dialog parts.

a real feeling of another time in Istanbul

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