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Below is novelist Elif Safaks list.
It is a book far ahead of its time, and even today, continues to blow our minds.
This book is a house with multiple doors, endless corridors and windows into eternity.
No two readings ofThe Arcades Projectcan ever be identical.
After you finish it, the way you perceive the city you live in wont be the same again.
I love all of that about him.
Istanbul, London, Madrid, Boston … ever since my childhood I lived in numerous countries.
One of the downsides of a nomadic life is that you might never keep a proper library.
How do you continue to write, to create beauty and aspire for freedom, under the darkest regimes?
Akhmatova is brilliant she is a fighter, a witness of her time, a thunder.
The woman who makes me wish I could speak Russian.
But reading her in translation is no less a treat for the mind and the soul.
you could adore this book for multiple reasons.
The story, the style, the craft …
There are no heroes here, just human beings, with all their flaws and failures.
One of the most beautifully told family sagas in world literature.
A remarkable collection of essays by a remarkable woman.
It is a book about love, resilience, and sisterhood.
What happens to politics and politicians under a corrupt system is obvious.
But what happens to a society and a culture under authoritarianism is a question less understood.
Many in the West have no idea how much this collection means to young women across the Middle East.
The style is playful, the themes both universal and daring.
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