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Elif Shafak: De politiek van de fictie

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Luisteren naar verhalen verruimt de verbeelding; ze vertellen laat ons toe om over culturele muren te springen, verschillende ervaringen te omarmen en te voelen wat anderen voelen. Elif Shafak bouwt verder op dit eenvoudige idee door te stellen dat fictie identiteitspolitiek kan overstijgen.

Elif Shafak explicitly defies definition -- her writing blends East and West, feminism and tradition, the local and the global, Sufism and rationalism, creating one of today's most unique voices in literature. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Mathilde Verbaas
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