Category: fiction
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Bülbül, or what happened in Nightingale Street?
Ekzofonik sözlüğüme hoş geldiniz! Yeni bir yazı okumak üzeresiniz. Bülbül. Luscinia megarhynchos, from the nightingale family, known for the beauty of its voice. This word surprised me at first because I had heard it in Wolof as well. Then, when I started learning Turkish, I decided to write a short story about a nightingale that…
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Pre-architectures
There are moment in life when the need to be close to something light, airy, primary, and quiet grows so big that it is a blessing to stumble, often by accident, upon exhibitions, books, music… that fill that precise need. I spent last Sunday afternoon with forensic architecture and The Nebelivka Hypothesis. It put my…
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Kappelen
Un long train s’approche de la gare et ralentit sans s’arrêter. Un homme assis sur l’un des bancs du quai et regarde les wagons rouler rythmiquement devant lui, l’un après l’autre. Il chante quelque chose, mais les paroles se perdent dans le grondement sourd du train. Soudain, il se lève et franchit la porte ouverte…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 