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Elif Shafak

Five European writers visit a favourite bookshop to explore how issues preoccupying their societies are being reflected by contemporary novelists.

Today, Elif Shafak visits a bookstore in Istanbul to understand whether modern Turkey can be experienced through its shelves.

Producer: Sarah Bowen.

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15 minutes

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Sat 3 Oct 2015 00:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Credits

Presenter Elif Shafak
Producer Sarah Bowen

Broadcasts

  • Fri 2 Oct 2015 09:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 3 Oct 2015 00:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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    Radio 4 journeys across Europe, exploring what the continent is reading now and why.

Reading Europe

Radio 4 journeys across Europe, exploring what the continent is reading now and why.