[inaudible conversations] welcome to the third mississippi book festival. Im with the department of archives and history. Have been asked to remind everyone you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media. Literary lawn party this is sponsored by the Humanities Council and friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have a strong supporter of its literature, music and ar arts. Now in his fifth term in the u. S. House of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee and serves on the committee of energy and commerce and perhaps most pertinently as the chair of the joint committee for the library of congress. [applause] thank you so much. What a great day for mississippi. Third annual mississippi book festival, all the work thats been done, he cant say enough to all of the people who have participated, but its my honor to have, in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is the h library of Congress Sworn in on september 14, 2016 so still new on the job
Welcome to hardtalk, im steven sacker. In this age of the internet, weve come to accept expect insta nt weve come to accept 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. 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 sons. And ijust wonder why you were so drawn to that theme . In 1988i was finishing one of my novels during summer finishing one of my novels during summerand in the fi
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
Department of archives and history. Ive been asked to remind everyone that youre more than welcome to take photographs. You can post to social media and the is this is the library of Congress Panel sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the first mississippi friends of the library. Mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter of the literature, music and arts as congressman gregg harper. Now in his fifth term in the United States house of representatives, congressman harper cochairs the committee o House Administration serves on the house many of energy and commerce for joint micommittee printing and perhaps most importantly, for us today, the chair of the joint committee of the library of congress. Here is congressman gregg harper. [applause] thank you so much. What a great day for mississippi. The third annual mississippi book festival. All of the work that has been done, you cannot say not to all of the people that have participated. It is my honor to have in