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If You Ever Meet A Literary Ghost

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Elif Shafak
Nov 16, 2025
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It was a clear and balmy day in July several years back, Paris was brimming with colour and charm, when I had an unexpected encounter with a ghost. A literary ghost, to be more precise. I have neither spoken nor written about this incident all this time, partly because I d…

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