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sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
4.0
" I write because I have an innate need to write! I write because I can't do normal work like other people. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at all of you, angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can only partake in real life by changing it. I write because I want others, all of us, the whole world, to know what sort of life we lived, and continue to live, in Istanbul, in Turkey. I write because I love the smell of paper, pen, and ink. I write because I believe in literature, in the art of the novel, more than I believe in anything else. I write because it is a habit, a passion. I write because I am afraid of being forgotten. I write because I like the glory and interest that writing brings. I write to be alone. Perhaps I write because I hope to understand why I am so very, very angry at all of you, so very, very angry at everyone. I write because I like to be read. I write because once I have begun a novel, an essay, a page, I want to finish it. I write because everyone expects me to write. I write because I have a childish belief in the immortality of libraries, and in the way my books sit on the shelf. I write because it is exciting to turn all of life's beauties and riches into words. I write not to tell a story, but to compose a story. I write because I wish to escape from the foreboding that there is a place I must go but – just as in a dream – I can't quite get there. I write because I have never managed to be happy. I write to be happy."
Pamuk shares his memories of his father in his Nobel-prize acceptance speech. Read it here.
Pamuk shares his memories of his father in his Nobel-prize acceptance speech. Read it here.
daoa's review against another edition
5.0
«Ser escritor es hablar de cosas que todos conocen sin saberlo. Descubrir este conocimiento, desarrollarlo y compartirlo, ofrece al lector el placer del asombro en el recorrido de un mundo que le es familiar. El mismo placer sentimos, sin duda, en el arte de expresar fielmente por escrito lo que sabemos de la realidad. Un escritor que durante largos años, encerrado en el silencio de su estudio, ha perfeccionado su arte y ha iniciado la creación de su mundo comenzando por sus propias heridas secretas, posee, consciente o inconscientemente, una confianza profunda en la humanidad. Siempre he albergado en mí la confianza en que los otros tienen heridas como las mías y que esta circunstancia ha de conducir al convencimiento de que todos los seres humanos nos parecemos. Todos los logros genuinos de la literatura se construyen a partir de esta esperanzadora certeza, de este optimismo infantil, de que todos los seres humanos somos parecidos. Y esta humanidad en un mundo sin centro, es lo que el escritor que ha trabajado en el aislamiento durante años aspira a alcanzar».
- Fragmento de 'La maleta de mi padre', discurso de Orhan Pamuk al recibir el Nobel de Literatura 2006. ¡Hermoso libro!
- Fragmento de 'La maleta de mi padre', discurso de Orhan Pamuk al recibir el Nobel de Literatura 2006. ¡Hermoso libro!
alternbruno's review against another edition
3.0
Pamuk nos regala tres discursos sobre la literatura al recibir premios o galardones. Habla de la importancia de la literatura, el oficio de escritor, la relevancia que tiene en la diada Oriente-Occidente. Los tres textos se retroalimentan y ejercen un influjo necesario sobre el papel político que puede llegar a tener la literatura y el lugar que ocupa el escritor en el mapa.
nesetzengin's review against another edition
3.0
Neredeyse 15-20 sene geçmiş bu kitaptaki konuşmalar üzerinden, konuşmaların bazı bölümleri siyasi açıdan fazlasıyla naif ve modası geçmiş gözüküyor.
cerisesblanche's review against another edition
5.0
Las ideas de cada discurso son exquisitas, lo que el autor nos cuenta lo que para él es ser escritor y lector. La reflexión que nos deja sobre el cómo conocemos el mundo en el que vivimos, gracias al trabajo de leer y escribir una novela.
eirene's review against another edition
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inspiring
5.0
beautiful lecture on giving a voice to your culture and to your history.