Posts tagged with “Orhan Pamuk”

Strong Currents Behind You

28 April 2011

“We are building the canal of the century, a project of such immense size that it can’t be compared to the Panama or Suez canals,” says Turkish president Recep Erdogan. “Water sports will take place on the Bosphorus, transport within the city will be established, [and Istanbul] will return to its former days.”

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Bosphorous Dreams

12 June 2008 | Philadelphia City Paper

A sense of loss pervades these Bosphorus hills. Pamuk calls it a “black mood shared by millions of people together.” But he explains that it’s consumed and projected by Istanbullus with pride and honor. “Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Istanbul; it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.”

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