A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection
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The Nobel Prizeâwinning novelist Orhan Pamuk reminisces on growing up on the banks of the mysterious Bosphorus in Istanbul.
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From the ghostly yalis, splendid waterside mansions built by the great Ottoman families during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the crowds of vesselsâRussian frigates, rickety fishing boats, and ferriesâthat plied its waters, Pamuk takes readers on a tour of the great river. A selection from the shimmering and evocative Istanbul: Memories and the City, âAlong the Bosphorusâ is the essential guide to the cityâs watery way.
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An eBook short.