Istanbul
By: [edited by Heather Reyes ; introduced by Barbara Nadel]
Series: City-pick; City-pick
Publisher: Oxygen Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [United Kingdom]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780955970092
Subjects: Description and travel; Social life and customs; Travel Guides; Manners and customs; Travel
Description: From Ohran Pamuk, Paul Theroux and Paul Bowles to Elif Shafak, Yashar Kemal and James Baldwin and over sixty other ... writers, some translated for the first time. An unforgettable range of writing, past and present, that perfectly maps the richness and variety of Istanbul.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is it about Istanbul?; title: 'A garland of waters'; title: Travellers' tales; title: The glorious past; title: A city for all seasons; title: 'The imam fainted'; title: Stamboullus; title: Exiles; title: Built to last; title: From hüzün to huzur: the city in all its moods; title: Here and now.