tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post5968463420867390722..comments2023-11-05T02:43:12.011-05:00Comments on Qalandar: A fragment on The Museum of InnocenceQalandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-57273695378249120182009-12-12T22:06:10.814-05:002009-12-12T22:06:10.814-05:00Hi, it's a very great blog.
I could tell how m...Hi, it's a very great blog.<br />I could tell how much efforts you've taken on it.<br />Keep doing!Olive Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805394106122880332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-54825862819606329362009-12-07T02:34:40.752-05:002009-12-07T02:34:40.752-05:00I haven't read those two works Elizabeth but t...I haven't read those two works Elizabeth but they have been on my radar. I've also had in my possession his Istanbul book for a long time but haven't really read it. On the other hand I have slipped in and out of his collection of essays, Other Colors, and enjoyed these quite a bit.<br /><br />very interesting to know that he's opening up an actual museum!Satyamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-1939819706886369162009-12-06T21:57:07.847-05:002009-12-06T21:57:07.847-05:00I am waiting (impatiently) for the semester's ...I am waiting (impatiently) for the semester's end to read this, first in English, and then, hopefully, in Turkish. He's assembling an actual museum in İstanbul, which I will no doubt find my way to this coming summer.<br /><br />Satyam--have you read the White Castle or the New Life? Snow is guilty of many things, including being badly misunderstood, and it's my least favorite of Pamuk's works. My Name is Red is an enduring favorite, and the Black Book an enduring provocation. But those earlier volumes are also worth your time.kitabethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304468949726537104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-12345117494048642672009-12-03T13:48:13.781-05:002009-12-03T13:48:13.781-05:00Fine comment on a novel I adored..
The work, as ...Fine comment on a novel I adored.. <br /><br />The work, as you rightly allude to, seems to be an extended playing out of the Odette/Swan section in Swann's Way. Pamuk could hardly hope to match Proust and yet his work seems to offer a very interesting treatment of obsession. This in any case is the book I have liked most from the author's oeuvre. My Name is Red for all the intricacy of its design seemed a somewhat distant work though this is perhaps not a criticism given the book's thematic concerns. Snow meanwhile might have been guilty of some obscurantism. The Black Book still suggests an author trying to work his way out of a modernist, perhaps even post-modern maze. Museum of Innocence is Pamuk's most approachable work but beyond this also to my mind his most vital fiction. I look forward to the author working more in this mode going forward.Satyamnoreply@blogger.com