The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Orhan Pamuk
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Orhan Pamuk latest novel is The Naïve and Sentimental Novelist. I found an old Richard Ford while Almeda picked up a book with the ominous title, The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist. And then I recalled The Naive and Sentimental Novelist, Orhan Pamuk's book about his craft, which I'd spied the previous night in the English language bookshop on Divan Yolu Cad. A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist by Orhan Pamuk. For novelists, it's a treasure trove. Colloquial to the point that new language isn't necessary? Other Colours: Essays and a Story and Pamuk's novel, The Museum of Innocence, are published in paperback by Knopf. On Istiklal Street, old meets new is literally right around the corner. The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist: Understanding What Happens When We Write and Read Novels. Most authors tend to be great at one but awful at the other, although to be fair le Carré's one non-spy novel The Naive and Sentimental Lover was scathingly reviewed and probably deserved it. * My thanks to Rosemary Feal for pointing this out to me. It can expand your awareness and joy of reading. €The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk is a love letter to the literary novel. The word “sentimental”, at first glance and in English, appears allied with rather than opposed to “naive”, so that title needs some explanation. The books are The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist by Orhan Pamuk and Confessions of a Young Novelist by Umberto Eco. El novelista ingenuo y el sentimental / The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist (Literatura Mondadori / Mondadori Literature).