Talking Turkey – Where East Meets West

Amanda February 28, 2013

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Destination: Turkey -- We have chosen to focus on two contrasting highlights -- Istanbul and Cappadocia Dates: November 2-13, 2013 For more information on this trip please contact Literary Traveler 1-855-LIT-TRVL Readings: Louise De Bernières’ novel Birds Without Wings tells the story of how modern secular Turkey was forged out of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul presents a breathtaking portrait of a city, an elegy for a dead civilization and a meditation on life's complicated intimacies. Description: Istanbul is one of the world’s trul...

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