Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil's dark vision of Istanbul's history

02/09/2025 27 min Episodio 228
Amy Marie Spangler on Leyla Erbil's dark vision of Istanbul's history

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Amy Marie Spangler on the late great author Leyla Erbil's What Remains. First published in 2011, the book is a multilayered narrative that sweeps from the Byzantine Empire to 20th century Turkey. It is also a dark elegy to the Istanbul of eras past and all that has been lost in its transformation. 
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