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Buket Uzuner Interview

Buket Uzuner describes her readership and feminist aspects of her work.  She relates the political unrest in Turkey as well as the country’s identification with Europe and with Islam. The author describes the origin of her nonfiction book The Travel Notes of a Brunette.

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In: International Writing Program Archive | Nonfiction

Authors: Buket Uzuner

Date Recorded: September 20, 1996

Program: --

Format: interview

Contributors: Interview conducted by Clark Blaise.

Topics: Feminism; Turkish history and culture; Ottoman Empire; magical realism

Note: Buket Uzuner also known as Bertan, Günsu.

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