Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

'Engaging, brilliant' Guardian
'A talkative, tender meditation' Financial Times
'Every novelist will want to read this' Daily Telegraph

What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a writer create its unique effects? In this thoughtful and deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and reader, revealing their intimate connections.

How is it that novels conjure landscapes so vivid they can make the here-and-now fade away, and characters so complex we feel we know them beyond the page? With Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Stendhal, Flaubert and Proust as companions, Pamuk considers the 'sweet illusion' of the fictional world, and the hold it exerts upon us. Anyone who has known the pleasure of becoming immersed in a novel will enjoy, and learn from, this perceptive and enchanting book.

Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's Nobel Prize winner guides us through the worlds of the reader and the writer, revealing their intimate connections.

About the Author
Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books of fiction, nonfiction, and photography. In 2003 he won the IMPAC prize for My Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571326136
Author Orhan Pamuk
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 205mm * 135mm * 12mm