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I learned that I know little about Turkish culture and understand even less. It was obvious that there was layers of meaning that I could not access because of my ignorance.
May 24, 2013
Lise Petrauskas
marked it as unfinished
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Interesting, but I'm not super invested in the characters. The story structure really bring The Castle to mind. There is a central character in town who visits everybody and gets a version of their personal manifesto, and there's a sense that an unknown organization or power structure is pulling the strings. Characters are speaking about big issues, politics and religion, but it tends to feel too academic. The occasional intrusion of a first person narrator trying yo reconstruct ...more
Interesting, but I'm not super invested in the characters. The story structure really bring The Castle to mind. There is a central character in town who visits everybody and gets a version of their personal manifesto, and there's a sense that an unknown organization or power structure is pulling the strings. Characters are speaking about big issues, politics and religion, but it tends to feel too academic. The occasional intrusion of a first person narrator trying yo reconstruct ...more
Mar 12, 2013
Jen
marked it as to-read
Mar 09, 2017
Erika
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May 14, 2021
Heather(Gibby)
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May 09, 2025
Yokk
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