A STRANGENESS IN MY MIND

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 605 pages. The author's eighth novel to be translated into English. One of Orhan Pamuk's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "A Strangeness In My Mind" in a felicitous English translation. Observes and mourns Mevlut Karatas, one of the author's most unforgettable and iconic characters. "A soaring, panoramic novel about an Istanbul street vendor and the love of his life" (Publisher's blurb) . "He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee) . An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (two days after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Oct 22, 2015 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. Pamuk made a one-time-only appearance, in New York City, to promote the book. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and post-publication dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307700291.