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I have just finished Istanbul, the subtitle of which is "Memories and the City". It was a slow read, with pacing similar to Snow, the only other Pamuk I have read. Istanbul is a memoir in the form or a series of linked essays: the Istanbul of his youth, older Istanbul, visitors to Istanbul...

A rather ordinary young man lives quietly with his wife for six years. He has left his job and is irresolute about what he wants to do with himself. Their cat disappears. That is the opening of the wind-up bird story. The bird is never seen, but its voice is heard, a creaking sound like a...