What Should I Read Next?

Ep 455: Elif Shafak on the resilience of literature


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Today's guest is the beloved author, Elif Shafak, whose latest title was a 2024 Summer Reading Guide pick.

Elif's works are so particular and set very much in a specific time and place, yet they also feel so inclusive. Elif's stories explore universal themes like home and belonging, exile and displacement. She also leverages her Turkish heritage and accesses storytelling traditions that are sometimes unfamiliar to Western readers.

Elif is one of Anne's favorite writers working right now, in large part because she attempts things no other writer would think of. Today, they talk about that as well as the mythologies and metaphors that make her books so engrossing. 

Find the list of titles mentioned in today's show at our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/455.


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