Favorite moment at yesterday's talk with Orhan Pamuk at the National Book Festival: when asked to read from his Nobel lecture, he came across a line he liked and said, "Oh yes, I agree, I wrote that." Generally, he was a riot--far from the morose introvert I imagined from his books.
And then we ate Turkish food with Dhaka friends, part of the Turkish Festival going on now ($25 four-course dinners). So somehow it turned out to be a theme day. And I love a good theme.
Overall, the National Book Festival was great, and I regret not waking up earlier to take in more. But too much fun the night before...
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SO JEALOUS - I love the Turkish festival!
SO JEALOUS- I love the National Book Festival!
And you got to do TWO great festivals. Lucky!
NKL
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