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Tag Archives: Turkish culture
Ian McDonald’s The Dervish House
Having recently published two books set in near-future India — the novel River of Gods and the story collection Cyberabad Days — Ian McDonald turns to near-future Turkey. The Dervish House follows seven characters over seven days in 2027, as … Continue reading
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Dana Sajdi’s Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee: Leisure and Lifestyle in the Eighteenth Century
I have enough interest in the Ottoman Empire to motivate me to check out almost any book, fiction or non-fiction, that focuses on some aspect of said. So I was more than happy to review Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee when offered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ottoman Empire, turkey, Turkish culture
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