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  • Fresh Air, Elif Shafak and Dr. Michael Stein, February 6, 2007

  • By: Terry Gross
  • Length: 51 mins

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Summary

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and author Dr. Michael Stein, on this edition of Fresh Air. Elif Shafak is the bestselling author in Turkey. She has a new novel, The Bastard of Istanbul. When it was published in Turkey she was accused of "public denigration of Turkishness" (under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code). She was eventually acquitted. Under the code there have been as many as 60 writers, journalists, publishers, scholars, and intellectuals who have been prosecuted. One of them was editor Hrant Dink who was assassinated last month by a Turkish fanatic.

Then, Dr. Michael Stein, who is the author of the new book The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness. He is professor of medicine and community health at Brown University Medical School. [Broadcast Date: February 6, 2007]

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