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Melda Tokgoz

Currently lost between Sylvia Plath’s melancholy, Elif Shafak’s wisdom, and Nilgün Marmara’s madness.

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Short Fiction
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The Eternal Rehearsal of Mortality

Melda Tokgoz

"How did you know the deceased?" asked the imam.
All the men, lined up as neatly as a regiment of soldiers, responded in unison, their voices loud and unwavering:
"Good!"
As if they had sealed a ...  [+]
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