From Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, comes this personal selection of the best pieces from twenty-five years of writing, including his Nobel Prize speech and an original short story. Reflections on his recent court case, his first trip to Europe, his father's death and the Istanbul earthquakes are accompanied by Pamuk's own black-and-white drawings. The collection forms an intimate, humane and warm portrait of the nobel laureate's life, family, writing and home country of Turkey.