In this age of the internet, weve come to expect instant access to knowledge but a real deep understanding takes longer to acquire and to share. My guest today is one of the worlds most acclaimed novelists, Nobel Prize Winner orham pamuk. Hes lived almost all of his life in istanbul, writing stories about turkey which have over decades painted a vivid picture of a country and society pulled between east and west, past and future. What is the key to understanding orham pamuks turkey . Orham pamuk, welcome to hardtalk. Pleased to be here. I want to start with the book, the novel that has just been published in english, the red haired woman, your latest. It is built around relationships between fathers and sons. And ijust wonder why you were so drawn to that theme . In 1988, i was finishing one of my novels during summer and in the land next to me, an oldish man started digging a well with his disciple and i was writing the novel and paying attention. After a while, we asked if we could h
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In this age of the internet, weve come to expect instant access to knowledge but real deep understanding takes longer to acquire and to share. My guest today is one of the worlds most acclaimed novelists, nobel prize winner, orham pamuk. Hes lived almost all of his life in istanbul, writing stories about turkey which have, over decades, painted a vivid picture of a country and society pulled between east and west, past and future. What is the key to understanding orham pamuks turkey . Orham pamuk, welcome to hardtalk. Very pleased to be here. I want to start with the book, the novel that has just been published in english, the red haired woman, your latest. It is built around relationships between fathers and sons. And ijust wonder why you were so drawn to that theme . In 1988, i was finishing one of my novels, during summer, and in the land next to me, an oldish man and his disciple started digging a well, and i was writing my novel and paying a
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. So pleased to have willem dafoe back on this program. The appleton, wisconsin, native is best known for spiderman, the last temptation of christ and oscar nominated roles in platoon and shadow of a vampire. Hes getting high prize and oscar buzz i hate to embarrass him for his role as bobby in a project called the florida project. Before our conversation, a clip from the film. Yeah. I got a videotape of the kids illegally entering the utility room. Okay. [ whispering ] did you hear what i said just to her . I got it. Im going to talk to him. Youre out of here. Only second week of the summer, and theres already been a dead fish in the pool. We were doing an experiment. We were trying to get it back alive. That was my idea. And water balloons thrown at tourists. You cant [ muted ]. Tourists. It didnt tip us. Are you serious . Oh my god, this is unacceptable. Ive failed as a mother. You disgraced me. Yeah, mom, your
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. So pleased to have willem dafoe back on this program. The appleton, wisconsin, native is best known for spiderman, the last temptation of christ and oscar nominated roles in platoon and shadow of a vampire. Hes getting high prize and oscar buzz i hate to embarrass him for his role as bobby in a project called the florida project. Before our conversation, a clip from the film. Yeah. I got a videotape of the kids illegally entering the utility room. Okay. [ whispering ] did you hear what i said just to her . I got it. Im going to talk to him. Youre out of here. Only second week of the summer, and theres already been a dead fish in the pool. We were doing an experiment. We were trying to get it back alive. That was my idea. And water balloons thrown at tourists. You cant [ muted ]. Tourists. It didnt tip us. Are you serious . Oh my god, this is unacceptable. Ive failed as a mother. You disgraced me. Yeah, mom, your
Drowned. The boys mother is in custody being questioned. I feel bad for the babies more so anything innocent lives. Reporter neighbors were stunned and sickened to hear what was unfolding inside an apartment on the 800 block of west ninth street this morning as investigators put up a line of blankets to block the view from onlookers. This is a terrible situation. Its sad. Its overwhelming. Its just crazy, crazy out here. Reporter just after 8 30 the mother of two small boys, the first a few months old the second about five years old, called 911 and asked that someone come check on her children. Officers arrived to find the boys dead inside the home. They also smelled a strong odor of gas. At that time the Officers Determined to make sure to protect the scene protect everybody that lived in the building, they evacuated the building opened up all the doors to make sure it was safe to go back in. Reporter when they did go back in they got a better look at the childrens bodies. Wilmingtons