tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279394061589627154.post7696030761599347292..comments2024-03-05T22:26:15.771-08:00Comments on The Globally Curious: Book Shopping in Turkey: IstanbulChelsea http://www.blogger.com/profile/08918076045995119477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279394061589627154.post-90303339242969525152015-01-23T04:08:43.110-08:002015-01-23T04:08:43.110-08:00That sounds great! Did you like the books?That sounds great! Did you like the books?Chelsea https://www.blogger.com/profile/08918076045995119477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279394061589627154.post-66893266139937012772015-01-23T01:12:53.277-08:002015-01-23T01:12:53.277-08:00I stayed in the old quarter and found a wonderful ...I stayed in the old quarter and found a wonderful bookshop near Sultanahmet, the tram rolls right past it. Sorry I don't recall the name. It wass more than a bookstore, the people so freindly, one of the shop assistants was playing a traditional musical instrument with a freind and my two children were much more interested in this, so I could lok at the books while they asked about the instrument.<br /><br />The bookshop itslef had as expected lots of Shafak and Pamuk, but I asked for other local authors that had been translated and came home with Patasana by Ahmet Umit, very well known in Turkey for his mysteries and this one was great as it was set amid an archaeological dig and Portrait of a Turkish Family by Irfan Orga, which was actually published in English as he left Turkey and settled in England.<br /><br />It sounds like you had a great time seeking out translated works. I have another one still to read this year, the classic The Time Regulation Institute by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar which has recently been republished in English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com