New novel offers a window into Turkey's insular Rum community
Nektaria Anastasiadou, author, "A Recipe for Daphne" “It’s always represented as, like, ‘OK, there’s one little butcher left on the corner, and when he dies, it’ll all be over,” she said. “But there’s so much liveliness! I wanted to present our community as I feel it is.” Nektaria Anastasiadou's "A Recipe for Daphne," released worldwide this month, follows a colorful cast of characters in Istanbul's insular Rum community as they search for love, identity and a long-forgotten pastry recipe. Hoopoe Fiction, an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press. The gig...
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