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Orhan Pamuk | On Europe
Orhan Pamuk
‘In the part of the world where I come from, Europe is not just an ideal and a beautiful dream’ Translated from the Turkish by Ekin Oklap.
On Tastelessness
Adam O’Fallon Price
‘Write through your first ending is advice I give, again and again.’
Jianan Qian | First Sentence
Jianan Qian
‘For every witness, history unfolded at some other time, and in some other place.’ Jianan Qian on the first sentence of her story, ‘To the Dogs’.
Best Book of 1993: To Live
Jianan Qian
Jianan Qian on why Yu Hua’s To Live is the best book of 1993.
Introduction
Sigrid Rausing
‘Somewhere in-between is the truth. Somewhere in-between is the story, or at least the European story.’
The Nine Circles
Margo Rejmer
‘The body wants to escape suffering at all costs. The body wants to live.’
Jacqueline Rose | On Europe
Jacqueline Rose
‘We will get nowhere in understanding the present crisis unless we, as Europeans, are willing to look into the dark heart of ourselves.’
