I Have to Ask

I Have to Ask: The Orhan Pamuk Edition

The author of The Red-Haired Woman on writing and living through Turkish history.

Turkish author and Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk
Turkish author and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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Orhan Pamuk is an author and Nobel Prize winner. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss his new novel, The Red-Haired Woman; the cultural scene in Turkey as it undergoes political purges; and how writing fiction functions as an escape from the real world.

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Podcast production by Audrey Dilling.