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Mo Yan, 莫言, and Orhan Pamuk – Nobel prize storytellers of rural and urban life

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Jie&Karin

 We compare this year´s Nobel prize laureate of literature, Mo Yan from China, and a previous Nobel prize laureate, Orhan Pamuk from Turkey, and the  stories of  their rural and urban childhoods in eras of transition . Mo Yan 2012 Nobel Laureate of Literature A couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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Istanbul – the bridge between East and West

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jie&Karin

                        Karin visited Istanbul in Turkey this summer and reflected on the meeting of East and West, the grandness of imperial cities and the beauty of ancient cultures. A city mixed with old and new, east and west, just … Continue reading →

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