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Aysegul Savas' first short-story collection, Long Distance , has just been published, while her acclaimed 2024 novel, The Anthropologists , is now out in paperback. Below, the Paris-based Turkish author recommends six books for readers who enjoy setting.

'Strange Weather in Tokyo' by Hiromi Kawakami (2001)

Viewed through drinks at train station bars, walks through sprawling markets, trips to pick mushrooms, and meals at lantern-lit izakayas, the Tokyo of this magical novel unravels piece by intimate piece. Buy it here .

'The Fish Can Sing' by Halldor Laxness (1957)

On the opening page we're told of Brekkukot, "a little turf-and-stone cott

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