A Kaleidoscope of Charms
By ANDREW FINKEL
Orhan Pamuk reflected in a display at the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul on April 27.Jodi Hilton for The New York TimesOrhan Pamuk reflected in a display at the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul on April 27.
ISTANBUL — “We are all diminished by the success of our friends” is a saying that lies at the bedrock of the politics of envy. If true, it means that I, along with fellow squad members of my high school junior-varsity basketball team, have every reason to feel just a few centimeters high. Only one of us, Orhan Pamuk, has gone on to win a Nobel Prize.
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