![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike “Snow”, which abounds in conflicts and ideology to such an extent that it makes for a hard read, Pamuk's latest book, “A Strangeness in My Mind”, flows more swiftly and marks a return to origins for the writer – to his birthplace of Istanbul and to the style that consecrated him, the meandering family saga. But that has not stopped him from delving into controversial topics for Turkish readers in books and interviews, like the issue of headscarves in schools and universities, and the military regimes’ oppression of Islamists in novels like “Snow” (2002) and the Armenian genocide in an interview in 2005, for which he was even charged with “insulting Turkishness”. ![]() One of Turkey's best known contemporary writers, Nobel-prize winner Orhan Pamuk, is as popular among foreigners as he is looked down upon at home, ostensibly for conveying an Orientalist image of the country that caters to educated Western readers. ![]()
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