Ashley Pain

Sorry.. commenting without reading, but thought you would like to know.. it's painfully long!

I find myself in greater awe of the Uncle than Borges. Undoubtedly well-written but the opening deserves special praise - it couldn't have been more perfect. Lovely.

Requesting Granta to make more of these videos to help us, readers, get into writers' minds to understand their work rather than depend on horrible critics who not just confuse us but also mess up the entire beauty.

I am asking my friends in Kabul to get me a couple of those bags and will give them away as gifts here to friends. If this starts as a chain, Musafa will soon say "We are going international now, after the fall of Taliban."

I love Istanbul after reading Orhan Pamuk, it feels like I know the place. Every city must have a writer like him to help the world know, understand, love and embrace it like a native does.