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It opens up a dazzling world with detective novels, and is a masterpiece that combines popular novels and serious literature. At the beginning of the 20th century, his grandfather Selaheddin Darwinoglu was driven out of Istanbul by his political opponents, and he and his wife Fatima settled in the Paradise Fortress on the outskirts of the city. Serah al-Din spent his whole life creating an encyclopedia that "can awaken the East", but he could not complete this work until his death. Many years later, his illegitimate son, the dwarf Regipp, lived with Fatima in the ancient and quiet old house as a servant. Like every summer, grandsons Faruk and Metin and granddaughter Nirgin came from Istanbul to visit Fatima. Some of them cannot get rid of their memories and loneliness, some are addicted to the sorrow of history, and some are eager to change their destiny but can't find the direction... The silent house is full of noise and commotion inside and outside, and the empty echoes of history are floating in the gap between three generations.

In 2009, Orhan Pamuk was invited to give six speeches at Harvard University, the famous Norton Lectures. This is the collection. Pamuk said that after completing "The Museum of Innocence", he felt as if he had returned to the origin after thirty-five years of being a novelist. He also realized that this origin was not his starting point (this is also the consensus of many people). He slowly developed an image in his mind of the literary journey he had been on, and he felt it was time to talk. "I hope to talk about my novel writing journey, the stops along the way, the novel art and novel forms I learned, the limitations they imposed on me, and my struggles and attachments to them. At the same time, I want my lectures to be essays or meditations on the art of fiction, rather than a trip down memory lane or a discussion of my personal development."

A businessman full of realism in his bones, he made business friends, bought a big house, and married the pasha's daughter, but he did not dare to have the slightest idea of ​​deviating from the status quo. A young man who grew up in a wealthy family did not want to be mediocre and longed for dreams, but he could not find his direction, lost touch with reality, and was eventually drowned in the torrent of realism. A painter who makes a living based on his ideals, he is pursuing his dream on the road of art, but he still has to face the turmoil of complicated life, and is confused and hesitant in reality.

The author of "My Name is Red", Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk writes affectionately about his hometown Istanbul; it exclusively includes 450 photos and a new long preface written by Pamuk, fully presenting all the memories of the Pamuk family and the city. "Istanbul: Memory of a City" is not only a personal history, but also the sadness of the city. The unique "Hüzün" of this city has already penetrated into the young Pamuk's body and soul. Now as a writer, Pamuk, with his unique sense of history and outstanding talent for description, revisited the secret history of his family, unearthed the context of the past in the old place, and collaged the urban life of contemporary Istanbul. Following his memories of growing up, we can witness his personal lost good times, understand the history of the city where tradition and modernity coexist, and feel the sentimentality of Turkish civilization. "Istanbul: Memory of a City" contains a total of 450 black and white photos. Compared with the original version, there are 230 new pictures, all of which were personally selected by the author. Pamuk connected the pictures with his memories, the Turkish "Hüzün", the black and white urban architecture, the poor people in provincial towns, the post-imperial melancholy and the desolation of architectural ruins. Pamuk himself said: "The previous version of "Istanbul: Memories of a City" was a text-based book; while the new version of "Istanbul in Light and Shadow" is a visual-based book. In the previous book, the photos were attached to the text; but in this version, I can say that the text interprets the emotions carried by the photos. Reading this book from right to left will also be full of interest."

In the spring of 1975, in Istanbul, the 30-year-old wealthy son Kemal Kemal was engaged to the socialite Sibel, but unexpectedly met his distant cousin from a poor background, the 18-year-old innocent girl Füsun. After the passionate love between the two, Kemal finally broke off his engagement with Sibel, only to find that Füsun had already left him. Kemal followed the girl's shadow and ghost deep into another Istanbul, walking through the poor back streets and hanging out in open-air cinemas. On the streets destroyed by nationalist bombs, on the strait illuminated by the fires of oil tanker collisions, under the curfew after the military coup, he tried to get closer to Füsun until the unbearable longing made life completely deviate. In order to calm the pain of love, he carefully collected everything about his sweetheart, everything she loved, and even everything she touched, and collected them into his "Museum of Innocence"... Pamuk said: "Everyone should be able to gaze into each other's eyes and talk about love, so that we can have true love." In this work, Director Pamuk proves one thing, what exactly is love?

The publication of "New Life" in 1997 caused a sensation in Türkiye and became the fastest-selling book in Turkish history. It explores how the love and hatred between East and West for centuries seep into the cracks of everyone's life. Urgent intensity, captivating prose and dreamlike wonder. At that magical moment of departure you see an angel: until that moment we never know what this turmoil called life really means. One day, the male protagonist Osman read a strange book and was deeply shocked. He decided to bid farewell to the familiar life in the past, break away from his family, and pursue the "new life" in the book. He fell in love with the girl Jana and witnessed the assassination of his love rival Muhammad. While traveling on the bus with Jana, he encountered a car accident. He and the girl stole the documents of another couple who died in a car accident and gained a new identity. But in fact, all this is just the hero's imagination and hallucination, because he is unwilling to continue the past and accept the arranged life. Muhammad and Uthman were actually the same person. When he entered middle age and had a family of his own, one day he suddenly discovered that he did not want to say goodbye to his past life.

The almost sadomasochistic/masochistic relationship between the two protagonists of Nobel Prize winner Pamuk's autobiographical work "White Castle" is based on the competitive relationship between the author and his brother. In the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century, a learned Venetian young man was captured to Istanbul and became a slave of the Turk Hoja. The two were extremely similar in appearance. Hoja ordered the Venetians to teach him all scientific and cultural knowledge and exchange all the details of his life experiences with him. They join forces to deal with a plague sweeping Turkey, Hoja is promoted to astrologer in the palace, and the Venetian becomes the Sultan's confidant. In order to attack a white castle in the west, the two worked together to invent a war weapon. However, the war failed, and one of them disappeared in the thick fog. The other person who stayed behind wrote all their stories.

A Nobel Prize winner for literature who is an excellent storyteller, Pamuk's novels best embody the unique narrative structure of modern novels. A story has multiple viewing angles and development contexts, which can not only meet the needs of simple story reading, but also satisfy more in-depth thinking and aesthetics. "My Name is Red" is the work that established Pamuk's status as a master in the international literary world and has won almost all important literary awards in the world. The best-selling novel in classic literature, "My Name is Red" is a best-selling work around the world. The Chinese version in 2006 is one of the few best-selling works among domestic Nobel Prize-winning works. The story takes place in the Ottoman Empire in the late 1590s, when the Sultan secretly commissioned a great book to celebrate his life and empire. Four outstanding miniaturists of the day gathered in Istanbul to paint a book that was said to shake up religion and society. At this time, the young man Hei, who had been away from home for twelve years for love, finally returned at the call of his lover's father. In addition to love, he was greeted by murders that followed, and the clues were hidden somewhere in the unfinished pictures in the book...