Orhan Pamuk

 

My Name is Red

Translated by Erdağ Göknar

This novel, translated from Turkish, set in the medieval Ottoman Empire, is a magical real murder mystery and commentary on the nature of art. In an Istanbul of miniaturist illustrators and whirling dervishes where coffee—the drink of the depraved—is outlawed, a truly legendary romance takes place.

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A Strangeness in my Mind

Translated by Ekin Oklap

Translated from Turkish, this captivating novel tells the life story of a young man who moves from the Turkish countryside to Istanbul and works selling “boza,” a traditional alcoholic drink. Integral to the story are his middle-of-the-night wanderings through the city, carrying the boza on a yoke over his shoulders. The city permeates his consciousness, and the growth and modernization of the city parallel the changes in his psyche and his life.