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For practical purposes, I am using the female pronoun to refer to the explorer. In Turkish, as the third-person pronoun is genderless, the explorer’s gender remains unknown. Though I must “pick a gender” in the English language, please keep in mind that, ideally, the explorer’s gender, in the book, is to remain flexible and undefined.

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Temelkuran, Ece, 1973-

[ Kiyi kitabi. English]

p. cm.—(Lannan translations selection series ; 17)

eISBN : 978-1-934-41461-3

1. Turkish poetry—Translations into English. I. Perin, Deniz. II. Title.

PL248.T357K5913 2010

894’.3514—dc22

2009046061

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