20 Feb 2024
detours while speaking of monsters
Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological blues. Meanwhile, old gods are upset with us, and I am upset with my father.
Translating Ulysses
A Portrait of A Writer Translating James Joyce into Kurdish
Kawa Nemir is like a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language. He flees Turkey and takes refuge at Anne Frank's former house in Amsterdam. Will he be able to finish the translation of Ulysses and publish it?
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Kawa Nemir Self
Armağan Ekici Self
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