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Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks, 2009-2022 Hardcover – Illustrated, November 26, 2024

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The journals of the Nobel Prize–winning author, beautifully illustrated with his own paintings

For many years, Orhan Pamuk kept a record of his daily thoughts and observations, entering them in small notebooks and illustrating them with his own paintings. This book combines those notebooks into one volume. He writes about his travels around the world, his family, his writing process, and his complex relationship with his home country of Turkey. He charts the seeds of his novels and the things that inspired his characters and the plots of his stories. Intertwined in his writings are the vibrant paintings of the landscapes that surround and inspire him.

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Memories of Distant Mountains readers can explore Pamuk's intoxicating inner world and can have a fascinating, intimate encounter with the art, culture, and charged political currents that have shaped one of literature’s most important voices.

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"Pictures of a writer’s days. . . . An intimate volume revealing glimpses of his life and work. . . . Although he gave up artwork in favor of writing, he still finds pleasure in combining both, as did William Blake. . . . Some illustrations, glowing with pinks, greens, and yellows, evoke Matisse. In slashes of black and grey, Pamuk captures the dark mysteries of seascapes; in other drawings, he tries to convey the quality of his dreams. . . . A lyrical illuminated memoir." Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

ORHAN PAMUK won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. His novel My Name Is Red won the 2003 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His work has been translated into more than sixty languages. He lives in Istanbul. Translated by Ekin Oklap.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 26, 2024
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593801245
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593801246
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.34 x 1.44 x 10.79 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #149,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars (13)

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Orhan Pamuk, described as 'one of the freshest, most original voices in contemporary fiction' (Independent on Sunday), is the author of many books, including The White Castle, The Black Book and The New Life. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red, and in 2004 Faber published the translation of his novel Snow, which The Times described as 'a novel of profound relevance to the present moment'. His most recent book was Istanbul, described by Jan Morris as 'irresistibly seductive'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. He lives in Istanbul.

Photo by David Shankbone (Orhan Pamuk discusses his new book about love) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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come for pamuk's sketches, stay for his opinions on electricity fraud and why we read the classics ("in my opinion, we read classics not for their utility, but for their poetry, and to experience the feeling that we are the continuation of something older than us.") an enjoyable, illustrated journey through the novelist's life: his encounters with art; his various frustrations and travels; his insomnia; his writing process. five stars!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Best to read the journals while reading any of the novels at the same time. I’m reading Nights of Plague. The journal illustrates scenes from the novel in drawings and observations. It describes many other novels and characters as well.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2025
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    Nice book except that the illustrations are all printed between pages . This makes viewing difficult and damages the binding .
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    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2025
    Nice book except that the illustrations are all printed between pages . This makes viewing difficult and damages the binding .
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2025
    Format: Hardcover
    come for pamuk's sketches, stay for his opinions on electricity fraud and why we read the classics ("in my opinion, we read classics not for their utility, but for their poetry, and to experience the feeling that we are the continuation of something older than us.")

    an enjoyable, illustrated journey through the novelist's life: his encounters with art; his various frustrations and travels; his insomnia; his writing process. five stars!
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    Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2025
    come for pamuk's sketches, stay for his opinions on electricity fraud and why we read the classics ("in my opinion, we read classics not for their utility, but for their poetry, and to experience the feeling that we are the continuation of something older than us.")

    an enjoyable, illustrated journey through the novelist's life: his encounters with art; his various frustrations and travels; his insomnia; his writing process. five stars!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
    Format: Kindle
    The book itself, in the print edition, is 5 star—it's a fine insight into Pamuk's writing process, the ideas that occupy his mind. His sketches are quick and rough, but help tell his story and are worth having.
    BUT the Kindle edition is not worth the bother. His notebooks are primarily 2-page spreads, with sketches spanning both pages, and you can't see that in the Kindle edition—you can only see 1 page at a time. Save your money and effort, get the printed book.