Topic: Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence opens in Istanbul

Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence, based on his 2008 novel, houses thousands of objects that evoke the atmosphere of 1970s Turkey and enshrine ordinary life.

Literature's Nobel Prize and the case – or not – for insularity

Has the perceived value of empathy and compassion begun to pale before our concern that literature must engage with the world?

Nobel Prize in Literature: Winners from the past 10 years

The 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a notoriously hard to predict award, will be announced on Thursday. Here are the winners from the past decade.

Riding the subway with the 'book spy'

Anonymous but never shy, she spies on New Yorkers in the subway and records their reading habits.

Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who else won in the past decade?

Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Peruvian author and former presidential candidate received the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1995 and is the first South American author to win the Nobel since Gabriel García Márquez won the award in 1982.

Here are the past decade's winners.

To solve Turkey's culture clash, old elite must yield to free speech

An interview with Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk about his latest book, 'The Museum of Innocence.'

Istanbul

Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech

The country's courts and governments have banned 850 websites this year, including YouTube and Blogger.