Istanbul - Orhan Pamuk Patriot is the exhilarating life

Patriot is the exhilarating life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time

Dating from 1909 to 1923

Yet in time even Jaehee settles down

the deaths start mounting

After Rita is found dead in the bell tower of the church she used to attend

Istanbul - Orhan Pamuk Patriot is the exhilarating lifeIn a surprising and original blend of personal memoir and cultural history, Turkey's most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, explores his home of more than fifty years. What begins as a portrait of the artist as a young man becomes a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's greatest cities. Beginning in the family apartment building where he was born, and still lives, Pamuk uses his family secrets to show how they