Photo by Zeynel AbidinTurkish writer Elif Shafak conquers the task of crossing both cultures and genders in her latest novel, The Architect’s Apprentice (London: Viking, 2014), in which…

“Istanbul’s fate is my fate: I am attached to this city because it has made me who I am.”Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk, tr. Maureen Freely After two Nordic stops, today…