Tales of Crossed Destinies Quotes

“Literature, as an institution par excellence of memory and a universally employed mode of human expression, untiringly explores ways of articulating who we are and of understanding both the incommensurability and the interconnectedness of our histories.”
― Azade Seyhan, Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context

“It is precisely because of the unstable and unpredictable nature of life and history that we draw on fiction to lend in retrospect sense, unity, and dignity to fragmented lives and times.”
― Azade Seyhan, Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context