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Orhan Pamuk on writers

27 Feb 2008

Speakers: Orhan Pamuk

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In this interview excerpt, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Orhan Pamuk discusses his notion of a writer and explains the solitude and soul searching that goes in to writing.

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