[Bilimsel Haber] Words Without Borders online magazine covers Turkish literature - October issue

[Gonul Pultar]

WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS LITERARY ONLINE MAGAZINE
COVERS
TURKISH LITERATURE
ON OCTOBER ISSUE
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/index.php


TURKISH --LITERARY --DELIGHTS


Words Without Borders <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org>
The online magazine for international literature



  October 2008

We join the publishing world in a salute to Turkey, the guest of honor
at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair and the center of our attention this
month. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, this ancient country blends
Balkan, Arabic, and Persian influences in a rich and vibrant culture as
sprawling and diverse as the landscape itself. Come explore these plural
identities with Asli Erdogan, Seyhan Erözçelik, Ahmet Güntan, Müge
İplikçi, Küçük Iskender, Yaşar Kemal, Birhan Keskin, MurathanMungan,
and Sevgi Soysal, and stay tuned for a wide-ranging conversation between
Claire Messud and Buket Uzuner. A tip of the fez to Levent Yilmaz, the
most charming and brilliant Turkish-French-Italian publisher in the
world, for sending these Anatolian treats our way.



  A Conversation between Claire Messud and Buket Uzuner
  <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=MessudUzunerConversation>

*Claire Messud* and *Buket Uzuner* on their writing lives

/Do you consider yourself a writer or a woman writer?/



The Prisoner
<http://www.wordswithoutborders.org><http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=ErdoganPrisoner> 



*Asli Erdogan* on the tyranny of sex
Translated by *Deniz Perin*

/Being a woman meant wearing a costume./




Tante Rosa, Would-be Horse Acrobat
<http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=SoysalTanteRosa>

*Sevgi Soysal*'s Rosa flips for equestrian life
Translated by *Amy Spangler*

/There I go, jumping into the air./




The Hidden Me <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=MunganHiddenMe>

*Murathan Mungan* on the paper trail of his life
Translated by *Ruth Christie*

/I become an empty white page again./




Coffee Grinds <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=ErozcelikCoffee>

*Seyhan Erözçelik* overturns cups and lives
Translated by *Murat Nemet-Nejat*

/A mountain. Flying to the sky./




from /Harbinger/
<http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=IplikciHarbinger>

*Müge İplikçi*'s dreamy young girl capitalizes on her imagination
Translated by *Esen Köybaşı*

/Big letters were always a problem for her./




Door <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=KeskinDoor>

*Birhan Keskin* becomes a portal to grief
Translated by *Geroge Messo*

/I was opened, I was closed, opened, closed./




The Train <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=MunganTrain>

*Murathan Mungan* finds a missing piece of his childhood
Translated by *Ruth Christie*

/Perhaps it was my first experience of pure evil./




Sacrifice <http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=YskenderSacrifice>

*Küçük İskender* on rituals of love
Translated by *Murat Nemet-Nejat*

/Sacrifice is the tape you play./




Defense of Baghdad
<http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=GuntanDefenseofBaghdad>

*Ahmet Güntan *'s history of violence
Translated by *Ruth Christie*

/You can't enter Baghdad without sorrow./