A Strangeness in My Mind

'The Red-Haired Woman' by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Ekin Oklap (Faber & Faber, 272 pages, £17)

"A Strangeness in My Mind" by Turkey's Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk is among the six books shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for literature announced on April 14. The longlist for the prize included books from 155 writers from 12 countries in nine different languages.

Turkey's Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk has been nominated for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for his novel "Kafamda Bir Tuhafl?k" (A Strangeness in My Mind). 

The prize celebrates the best in global fiction, with 13 books in contention. The longlist for the prize included books from 155 writers 12 different countries in nine different languages. 

?A Strangeness in My Mind? by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Ekin Oklap (Faber £20/Knopf $28, 624 pages)

The 19th Ayd?n Do?an Award will be presented to Turkey?s Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk, after the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation Executive Board Committee decided to dedicate this year?s award to the field of novels.

Turkey's Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk attended a book-signing event, his first in 15 years, in Istanbul on Dec. 13, for the release of his latest novel, "Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık" (A Strangeness in my Mind).

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, has denounced what he described as a climate of "fear" in his country, in an interview published in daily Hürriyet on Dec. 7.

"The worst thing is that there's a fear. I find that everyone is afraid; it's not normal ... Freedom of expression has fallen to a very low level," Pamuk said.