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Why Do We Have So Many Words For Coffee.... But So Few For Love?

Why Do We Have So Many Words For Coffee.... But So Few For Love?

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Ottoman Lady Drinking Coffee, Pera Museum, inspired by Cornelis de Bruyn, Dutch painter and traveller

In one of my novels, The Bastard of Istanbul, I imagined a lively and bustling cafe in a cosmopolitan quarter of the old city, a quirky hangout spot for poets, writers, artists and dreamers. I named it Cafe Kundera. The appellation was a personal, liter…

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