Then we shall decide whether you will accept and if you do, if you will have a long engagement. “Once you have stunned him,” Lucie went on, “he will propose. You do have a dress, don’t you? You must have a lovely dress, if he is to be properly stunned by you.” “I do have a dress,” Cordelia hastened to reassure her, though she knew it was far from lovely. “Just consider it? Dance one dance with him tomorrow. Really, he isn’t bad at all,” she added judiciously. I mean you’ve known him all your life, so I imagine he isn’t that impressive, but I am quite sure you could get used to his face. “ Is it that you don’t care for him? Well, you can’t be expected to, yet. No, it must be you.” “I don’t know-” Lucie’s eyes rounded. Who else could it be? The Enclave simply isn’t that large. “ You’re terribly pretty, and just as Matthew said, you’ve just arrived in London for an extended stay. “ We’ve no proof he meant me.” “ Well, he’d be mad not to be in love with you,” said Lucie. Got married! We could be sisters in truth!” “Lucie!” Cordelia dropped her voice to a whisper.
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Having published The Museum of Innocence in 2008, which was followed by the opening of an actual museum of the same name in Istanbul in spring 2012, Pamuk’s work transcends the conventional boundaries long adhered to by others in his profession. And while he is largely regarded as one of Turkey’s leading, living authors, his cultural and intellectual contributions do not stop at turned pages and recorded lectures. The Nobel Laureate’s work often addresses the history, politics, and cultural and social complexes that mark cities and regions across Turkey, from the border city of Kars in Snow (2002) to the fictional town of Öngören in The Red-Haired Woman (2016). Read the rest of Journal II: In Between Between reality and fantasy, a building in Istanbul tells the real story of fictitious characters.Īn award-winning Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk has written nearly a dozen novels, as well as produced several non-fiction books and collections of essays. 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