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Binidittu
Nicola Lo Calzo & Daisy Lafarge
‘It’s perhaps a truism that acts of devotion both make and unmake the devotional object.’ Daisy Lafarge introduces the photographs of Nicola Lo Calzo.
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.
Six Kilometres
Adam Weymouth
‘Migration will not stop: if there is a single lesson to be taken home from Lesbos it is that.’
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.’
Romesh Gunesekera | On Europe
Romesh Gunesekera
‘Identity, it seemed, was not so self-determined after all.’
My Chequered Europe
Melitta Breznik
‘A Europe of different languages, landscapes and cultures, all of which have retained their characters.’ Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins.
Srećko Horvat | On Europe
Srećko Horvat
‘We are the ones who are responsible for not repeating the mistakes of the past.’
Laurent Gaudé | On Europe
Laurent Gaudé
‘Fervent social awareness and civic passion have deserted today’s Europe.’ Translated from the French by Alison Anderson.
Exile
Elif Shafak
‘The first time I heard the word exile – sürgün – in Turkish, I was a child. It struck me how closely it rhymed with another word: hüzün – melancholy.’
On the Island of the Black River
William Atkins
William Atkins visits the remote island of Sakhalin, following in the footsteps of Anton Chekhov.
