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Five Cities in the Footsteps of Tanpınar Book Description: Almost a hundred years later, I, who was born in Buenos Aires and who, like my grandfather, left his place of birth and traveled to Istanbul for the first time with my sixteen-year-old son, to discover the city that had captured my grandfather's imagination so much. I have arrived... The same sunset that made my grandfather think there was a fire on the horizon on our first evening on the balcony of the Pera Palas hotel was burning with the same magnificence for his grandson and great-grandson. Perhaps such memories can be unconsciously passed from one generation to the next, and what my son and I saw from the balcony was what had happened before my grandfather's eyes many years ago, and now we were remembering it for him. Tanpınar revisited the five cities he lived in at certain periods of his life and wrote unforgettable essays on Turkish literature. Approximately seventy years later, Manguel, who came from a completely different geography, goes to the same cities under Tanpınar's literary guidance and conveys his impressions, observations, blending them with his unique knowledge and experiences to the reader. (From the Promotional Bulletin) Number of Pages: 104 Year of Printing: 2016 Language: Turkish Publishing House: Yapı Kredi Publications
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