Orhan Pamuk

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD'An extraordinary achievement.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Fabulously rich, highly compelling.' INDEPENDENT'Chock-full of sublimity and sin.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Wonderful, dreamy, passionate and august.' SPECTATORIn the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures.Orhan Pamuk is one of the world's leading contemporary novelists and in My Name is Red, he fashioned an unforgettable tale of suspense, and an artful meditation on love and deception.

Returning to Turkey from exile in the West, the secular poet Ka is driven by curiosity to investigate a surprising wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden by the government to wear their head scarves in school. But the epicentre of the suicides, the bleak, impoverished border city of Kars, is also home to the beautiful Ipek, a friend of Ka's youth whom he has never forgotten and whose spirited younger sister is a leader of the rebellious schoolgirls. As a fierce snowstorm descends, cutting them off from the world, violence between the military and local Islamic radicals begins to explode, and Ka finds his sympathies drawn in unexpected and dramatic directions.

From the Nobel Prize winner and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a spellbinding story of a poet seeking his lost love in a remote Turkish town riven by religious conflict and cut off from the world by a blizzard.Returning to Turkey from exile in the West, Ka is driven by curiosity to investigate a surprising wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head scarves in school. But the epicenter of the suicides, the eastern border city of Kars, is also home to the radiant and newly divorced pek, a friend of Ka's youth whom he has never forgotten and whose spirited younger sister is a leader of the rebellious schoolgirls. As a fierce snowstorm descends on Kars, violence between the military and local Islamic radicals begins to explode, and Ka finds his sympathies drawn in unexpected and dramatic directions.

I Istanbul væves erindringsroman og slægtshistorie sammen og tegner samtidig et billede af en by på grænsen mellem øst og vest, fortid og nutid. Fortalt i både ord og fortografier bliver portrættet af byen også et portræt af kunstneren og dermed en enestående kilde til Nobelprismodtageren Pamuks univers.

The Ottoman Sultan has commissioned the best artists in the land to create a book celebrating the glories of his realm: but he wants them to illuminate it in the European style.

Kemal er en ung mann fra en meget pen Istanbul-familie. Han er forlovet med en passende ung kvinne, Sibel. Kemals problem er at han har falt hodestups for den unge, naive, men vakre Füsun, en fjern slektning fra den fattige delen av famililen. Hvordan skal han løse et så delikat problem?Vi befinner oss i Istanbul midt i 1970-årene. Ideer om vestlige måter å leve på blander seg med de mer tradisjonelle og muslimske. Kan en kvinne som har vært sammen med en mann, fortsatt være en attraktiv ektefelle for en annen? Kan man gifte seg med en, men elske en annen?I Orhan Pamuks store og lidenskapelige kjærlighetsroman lar han Kemal gruble i årevis over kjærlighetens vesen, og synke dypt ned i denne nesten selvutslettende besettelsen. Underveis forandrer Kemal seg til en samler av minner om den elskede, han arkiverer alt fra porselensfigurer til mange tusen sigarettsneiper. Romanen forandrer seg umerkelig til en tekst om et levende museum som Kemal etablerer. Pamuk hadde ikke vært den forfatteren han er, dersom han ikke også her hadde fortalt byen Istanbuls historie gjennom de siste førti årene, også den formidlet med stor kjærlighet. Og tro mot sin egen idé om romaner og virkelighet, dukker det på lekent vis opp en Orhan Pamuk mot slutten av romanen ...I virkelighetens Istanbul, på hjørnet av Çukurcuma Caddesi og Dalgiç Sokagi i bydelen Cihangir, skal forfatteren Orhan Pamuk åpne et virkelig «Minnenes museum» , der folk skal få adgang ved å vise fram et eksemplar av boka.«Ein dag er Kemal innom ein motebutikk. Der får han auge på ei designarveske frå Paris, og han kjøper veska som trulovingsgåve til Sibel. Men han får òg auge på og for ekspeditrisa, Füsun, ein fjern og fattig slektning han ikkje har sett sidan ho var barn. Veskekjøpet blir så å seie skjeret i sjøen for Kemal. Sibel vil ikkje ha veska, det er berre ei etterlikning etter den parisiske originalen med falskt varemerke. Så Kemal må gå attende til butikken, og no blir han fanga av sin eigen dragnad mot vakre, uskuldige og 18-årige Füsun. Dei møtest i eit av dei husværa Kemals mor eig og bruker som lagerplass for alle dei tinga ho kjøper som ho ikkje har bruk for. Kemal forfører ungjenta og blir etter kvart heilt hugteken av henne, ein kjærleikens slave. Såpeopera? Slett ikkje. Til dét er Pamuk ein altfor driven romanforfattar og Uskyldighetens museum ein altfor viktig roman. (:::) Det er noko hamsunsk Edvarda-aktig over Füsun, noko forlokkande, noko litt skandaleaktig som gjer at Kemal blir dregen mot henne.»Ole Karlsen, Dag og Tid

From the Nobel Prize winner and "one of the great novelists" (The Washington Post) comes a stirring exploration of the nature of romance in late 1970s Istanbul. It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters F sun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of F sun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress--amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart.

SNE er Orhan Pamuks femte roman. Efter tolv år i politisk eksil i Tyskland vender digteren Ka hjem til sin mors begravelse i Istanbul. Han tager senere imod tilbuddet om at rapportere om kommunalvalget i Kars nær den russiske grænse. Her mærker han en meget spændt stemning mellem politiske islamister og det vestligt orienterede tyrkiske militær. Gennem tre dage følger vi et militærkup, mens vi gradvis erfarer den egentlige sandhed om digteren og den gamle by Kars' snedækkede tage.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty.'An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' The Guardian'Intimate and nuanced . . . a classic, spacious love story.' The New York Review of Books'A resounding confirmation that Orhan Pamuk is one of the great novelists of his generation.' Washington PostKamal lives a life of cosmopolitan glamour, exploring the restaurants and boutiques of Istanbul with his friends and fiancé. In the newly modern city, they pride themselves on their liberal attitudes and Western style.A chance encounter with Fusun, a working-class shop-girl, begins a long, obsessive love affair, one that draws him deep into Istanbul's complex history, and uncovers the forces of class and gender that still control its inhabitants' lives.

As the snow begins to fall, a journalist arrives in the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border. Kars is a troubled place - there's a suicide epidemic among its young women, Islamists are poised to win the local elections, and the head of the intelligence service is viciously effective.

"Ka soll für eine Istanbuler Zeitung eine merkwürdige Serie von Selbstmorden untersuchen: Junge Mädchen haben sich umgebracht, weil man sie zwang, das Kopftuch abzulegen. Eingebettet in eine raffinierte und spannende Kriminalgeschichte steht der Konflikt zwischen Verwestlichung und Islamismus - "Pamuk besticht durch seine Dialoge, die komplexe Konstruktion und die subtile Zeichnung seiner Figuren..." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"

Det tause huset ligner et klassisk drama eller et Ibsen-skuespill. Romanen er en tett, sammenvevd beretning, formidlet av flere fortellere.I et gammelt, falleferdig hus i Gebze, sørøst for Istanbul, bor den nesten 90-årige enken Fatma, sammen med tjeneren sin, den 50-årige dvergen Recep. Om sommeren kommer de tre foreldreløse barnebarna hennes fra Istanbul. Alle som samles i huset, bærer på lengsler og drømmer om fremtiden, men også på fortidige hendelser som kaster skygger inn i nåtiden ? og får skjebnesvangre konsekvenser. .Terningkast 5. VG«Glimrende familiekrønike med mange betydningslag ? Alf Storrud har gjort en fremragende jobb med å oversette Orhan Pamuks vitale og poetiske språk til norsk.»Gro Jørstad Nilsen, Bergens Tidende«Den rike familieromanen Det tause huset taler med innsikt både til hjerte og hjerne.»Kåre Bulie, Dagbladet«Et utsøkt stykke litteratur.»Terje Stemland, AftenpostenFantastisk omtale New York Times høsten 2012:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/books/review/silent-house-by-orhan-pamuk.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&nl=books&emc=edit_bk_20121019

A luminous essay collection about loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped the experience of a Nobel Prize winner and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red. "One of the essential writers that both East and West can gratefully claim as their own." --The New York Times Book Review In the three decades that Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has devoted himself to writing fiction, he has also produced scores of witty, moving, and provocative essays and articles. He engages the work of Nabokov, Kundera, Rushdie, and Vargas Llosa, among others, and he discusses his own books and writing process. We also learn how he lives, as he recounts his successful struggle to quit smoking, describes his relationship with his daughter, and reflects on the controversy he has attracted in recent years. Here is a thoughtful compilation of a brilliant novelist's best nonfiction.

The Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and the Ottoman Empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. In Istanbul at a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror? With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures . . . From Turkey's winner of the Nobel Prize and author of Istanbul and The Museum of Innocence, this novel is a thrilling murder mystery set amid the splendour of Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is also a stunning meditation on love, artistic devotion and the tensions between East and West.

Orhan Pamuk ergründet in "Istanbul" die Geheimnisse seiner eigenen Familie und die seiner Kindheit. Er führt uns an berühmte Monumente und die verlorenen Paradiese der sagenumwobenen Stadt, zeigt uns die verfallenden osmanischen Villen, die Wasserstraßen des Bosporus und des Goldenen Horns, die dunklen Gassen der Altstadt. Pamuk verbindet auf eindringliche Weise Schilderungen von Menschen und Orten und setzt allen ein unvergessliches Denkmal. "Ein fesselnder Liebesroman mit Istanbul in der Rolle der Geliebten." Frankfurter Rundschau "Ein wunderbares Istanbuler Lesebuch." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "Pamuks hinreißende Hommage an seine Heimatstadt." Süddeutsche Zeitung "Geschickt verknüpft Orhan Pamuk die Erinnerungen an seine Kindheit mit der Geschichte seiner Stadt." taz

Kemal, ein junger Mann aus der Oberschicht Istanbuls, verfällt der Liebe zu einer armen Verwandten - der blutjungen, naiven und wunderschönen Füsun. Was als Affäre begonnen hat, wächst sich bald zu einer Obsession aus, doch das hindert Kemal nicht daran, die Beziehung mit seiner Verlobten fortzuführen. Nach dem rauschenden Verlobungsfest lässt sich die Geliebte nicht mehr blicken. Verzweifelt erkennt Kemal, dass er Füsun über alles liebt. Doch es ist zu spät. Der Nobelpreisträger Orhan Pamuk erzählt in seinem großen Liebesroman von einer Gesellschaftsschicht der Türkei, die in vielem ganz und gar westlich scheint und doch noch traditionelle Züge trägt - ein Kontrast, der subtile Ironie erzeugt.

Literatur-Nobelpreis 2006 - Orhan Pamuk: ?Die beste Entscheidung seit Jahren.? Frank Schirrmacher, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Der Student Osman verfällt nicht nur einem rätselhaften Buch, sondern auch der schönen Canan, in deren Hand er dieses Buch zum ersten Mal sah. Als Canan plötzlich verschwindet, begibt sich Osman auf die Suche nach ihr und der Welt, die das Buch beschreibt. >Ein neues Leben< beginnt und führt ihn auf albtraumhaften Busfahrten kreuz und quer durch die Türkei. ?Ein bewundernswertes Amalgam aus türkischer Lebenswelt, modernem Roman, deutscher Romantik, Sufismus und amerikanischem road-novel.? Thomas Steinfeld