tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post8217402046057610637..comments2024-01-15T22:10:32.951+03:00Comments on The Turkish Life: Literary serendipityThe Turkish Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298420450701642296noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-25009543954092268102010-06-29T23:01:42.833+03:002010-06-29T23:01:42.833+03:00Yes, I admit this strategy would certainly be a lo...Yes, I admit this strategy would certainly be a lot less satisfying if all my friends were avid readers of the latest mystery novels and bodice rippers. But so would my whole life in that case...<br /><br />The books, in order of mention, are:<br /><br />"A Foreign Field" by Ben Macintyre<br />"Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />"Shadow of the Silk Road" by Colin Thubron<br />"The Soul of Iran" by Afshin Molavi<br />"Leo the African" by Amin Maalouf<br />"The Saudis" by Sandra Mackey<br />"Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai SijieThe Turkish Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298420450701642296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-1598030463898707872010-06-29T17:49:35.972+03:002010-06-29T17:49:35.972+03:00The books sound great. I'd love the titles too...The books sound great. I'd love the titles too!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491605584777030663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-55893121807355121792010-06-29T09:19:51.688+03:002010-06-29T09:19:51.688+03:00i guess this strategy works particularly well if y...i guess this strategy works particularly well if you have friends with good books :) What silk road travel book did you read?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03938883236931331831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-12891514601750848752010-06-29T07:33:14.121+03:002010-06-29T07:33:14.121+03:00Aaah, that's the way I read my way around Mexi...Aaah, that's the way I read my way around Mexico. Memories...and it doesn't go away. I love raiding my apartment building's "library" for the next oddity...Tactless Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883329045061960257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-64370296015667998912010-06-29T01:11:36.578+03:002010-06-29T01:11:36.578+03:00These books all sound very interesting! Would you...These books all sound very interesting! Would you mind sharing the titles/authors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com