Istanbul: Memories and the City
How does Pamuk describe his family in the memoir, Istanbul: Memories and the City?
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Pamuk notes that he grew up in a close but dysfunctional family headed by a father who engaged in affairs with other women and a mother who also had a volatile personality, surrounded by other members of his large extended family.
Istanbul: Memories and the City