Jevdet Bey and Sons

Orhan Pamuk — a renowned Turkish writer, holder of numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature «for the search of the soul of his melancholic city». The debut novel «Jevdet Bey and Sons» occupies a special place in Orhan Pamuk's body of work. Echoes of events, names of characters from this captivating family saga, covering three generations of an Istanbul family, can be found in many of the writer's books. In this work, reminiscent of the «Forsyte Saga» by Galsworthy and «Buddenbrooks» by Thomas Mann, all the favorite themes of Pamuk's future novels are reflected: the human desire to find one's place in a changing world, the confrontation between East and West, love for stories and mysteries, the conflict between fathers and children. And above all, of course, descriptions of Istanbul, how this unique city changed throughout the 20th century.