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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Orhan Pamuk and the Ottoman Empire
Description: A pandemic, crumbling empire and new nationhood are the backdrop for Orhan Pamuk's latest novel Nights of the Plague. He talks to Rana Mitter about the historical basis for his novel. They're joined by historian and BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker Michael Talbot and literary scholar Keya Anjaria.Some of the books they recommend at the end of the conversation are
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901 β 1962) whose The Time Regulation Institute and A Mind at Peace have been published in English by Penguin
Halide Edib AdΔ±var (1884 β 1964) whose memoirs have been published in English
Yasher Kemal (1923 β 2015) author of Mehmet My Hawk...