A Strangeness in My Mind

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A Strangeness in My Mind is a novel by Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk that follows the life of a street vendor in Istanbul, exploring themes of love, migration, and the city’s rapid transformation.

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instanceOf novel
author Orhan Pamuk
authorAward Nobel Prize in Literature
authorAwardYear 2006
containsElement romantic plot
social realism
countryOfOrigin Turkey
depicts informal housing in Istanbul
rural-to-urban migration in Turkey
street life in Istanbul
englishPublicationYear 2015
explores economic precarity of migrants
role of memory and imagination
tension between tradition and modernity
firstPublicationLanguage Turkish
focusesOn changing urban landscape of Istanbul
inner life of a street vendor
genre historical novel
literary fiction
hasForm long novel
hasTranslator Ekin Oklap
literaryMovement contemporary Turkish literature
mainCharacter Mevlut Karataş
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeTechnique multiple viewpoints
shifting perspectives
notableFor detailed portrayal of Istanbul’s transformation
empathetic depiction of working-class life
originalLanguage Turkish
originalTitle Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık
placeInAuthorOeuvre later work of Orhan Pamuk
protagonistOccupation boza seller
street vendor
publicationYear 2014
publisherOfEnglishEdition Faber and Faber
Alfred A. Knopf
surface form: Knopf
settingLocation Istanbul
theme class and social change
family life
love
migration
modernization
urban transformation
timeSpanOfNarrative 1960s to early 21st century

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Orhan Pamuk notableWork A Strangeness in My Mind