Elif Shafak’s Confessions – Populism, polarities and post-truth fiction


September 18, 2019

Giles chats to Turkish author Elif Shafak, whose latest novel is shortlisted for the Booker Prize, about being a citizen of the world, the dangers of populism and why fiction is more important now than ever.


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