A Strangeness in My Mind

By Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap (translator),

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A mesmerizing love story with a cast of beguiling characters, from the Nobel prizewinning author Orhan Pamuk

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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

'A magnificent novel.' Wall Street Journal
'Powerful and moving.' TLS 'Books of the Year'…

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1 author picked A Strangeness in My Mind as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My favorite books are ones that make me feel like I’ve lived a whole other life. A Strangeness in my Mind does all that and more.

It transports me to another country, into another person’s life whose experience is so distant from my own yet still feels familiar. I got to know the city the main character lives in, its history, and what those around him really think but would never tell him.

It uses a mockumentary-style narrative but doesn’t lean too hard into it.

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