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The Great Untranslated: Tutunamayanlar by Oğuz Atay

Posted on March 27, 2015 by

When it comes to Turkish literature, we are lamentably deprived. The gaping lacuna is what is considered by many to be the greatest 20th-century literary achievement in Turkey: Oğuz Atay’s experimental, linguistically complex novel of ideas Tutunamayanlar (The Disconnected). It has been … Continue reading →

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Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel Out Soon

Posted on December 5, 2014 by

If like me, you cannot read Turkish, you, most probably would not be able to read this announcement by  Milliyet, or, naturally, this one by Radikal Kitap. Fortunately for us, there is already some information in English available from the English … Continue reading →

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