Orhan Pamuk tells of the Golden Age of a cosmopolitan city that no longer exists, yet comes to life again in the unique images of Ara Güler. No other photographer has captured everyday life, the small shops, artisans, drivers, vendors, and fishermen with such realism and love for detail. In search of his own lost childhood, Nobel laureate Pamuk joyfully connects Güler's fabulous black-and-white photographs from the 1950s and 1970s with the memories from his famous book on Istanbul. A magnificent volume that celebrates the longing for a vanished city.