peeling down reality through the color of words

"a novelist is a person who wants to be alone" Orphan Pamuk

One of my favorite authors Orphan Pamuk was on PBS last night - here's the videos





You can also download a ipod ready video of a conversation between Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk on the subject of " Homeland" from the 2007 New Yorker Festival.

Sadly the Turkish court case of six individuals against Pamuk (accused of making a negative statement against the whole nation of Turkey when he discussed the genocide of Armenians and Kurds in a Swiss newspaper) that was previously overturned is now moving ahead again and a new court ruling this week now allows even more individuals to file against him. Will it ever end ?

Read Pamuk in The New Yorker -
ON TRIAL
MY FIRST PASSPORT
MY FATHER’S SUITCASE

And read Pamuk discussing how he found consolation and inspiration in interviews with other writers.



"Contrary to what most people assume, one's politics as a novelist have nothing to do with the societies, parties and groups to which one might belong, or even dedication to any political cause. A novelist's politics arise from his imagination - his ability to imagine himself as someone else. 'This' makes him a spokesman for those who cannot speak for themselves, whose anger is never heard and whose words are suppressed." Pamuk to Washington Post


To end here's three quotes from my favorite Pamuk book "Snow."

“Don’t worry,” said Ka. “At the end of this we’ll all be happy.”

“Doing the right thing doesn’t always end in happiness,” said Ka.

“The right thing is the thing that makes us happy,” said Ka.