Author Archive
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Books Worth Reading: The Elephant’s Journey – Jose Saramago
Yoga instructor Emel lives in London and Istanbul.
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Books Recommended by Children: Sakız Sardunya – Elif Shafak
11 years old Nehir lives in Istanbul.
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Aşşk Café in Nişantaşı, Istanbul
If you happen to be in Nişantaşı, İstanbul’s most fashionable, high end shopping district and you are looking for a place to take a coffee break, meet your friends for afternoon tea or to have a relaxed and informal lunch, an o...
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien
Canadian author Madeleine Thien's third novel is shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and it is currently at the top of best seller charts.
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Absalom, Absalom! – William Faulkner
The story follows the ambition of William Sutpen to forge a dynasty in pre-Civil War Mississippi. Initially he is successful in all of his aims - acquiring land, a house, a wife and children - but the eventual undoing of his wo...
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The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
Has been topping the best-seller lists for months now but the readerhood is divided: Tedious or keeps-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense? Some categorize it as simplistic mystery, for others it is a brilliant psychological t...
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Franny and Zooey – J. D. Salinger
The shelves bore iodine, Mercurochrome, vitamin capsules, dental floss, aspirin, Anacin, Buffern, Argyrol, Musterole, Ex-Lax, Milk of Magnesia, Sal Hepatica, Aspergum, two Gillette razors, one Schick Injector razor, two tubes o...
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Catcher in the Rye – J.D.Salinger
A classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion, Salinger's Cather in the Rye, is a story about sixteen-year native of New York who has to leave school in Pennsylvania forced by his circumstances and to go underground for three ...
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The Crying of Lot 49 – Thomas Pynchon
A classic novella by Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 is a story of a woman, Oedipa Maas and her attempt to unearth a centuries-old conflict between two mail distribution companies, Thurn und Taxis and the Tristero.
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Gravity’s Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon
Set in post-war Europe, the narrative focuses on the design and dispatch of V2 rockets by the German military. It follows several characters and their quest to uncover a mysterious device installed in a particular rocket.
