Re-visiting this beautifully rendered and (on first reading) complexly frustrating novel of a liminal place and time in Turkey in order to discuss it with friends. And I'd like to think that I'm a more careful reader now, so hopefully I will pull more out of it this time. 
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 Yep, better the second time. Still kind of frustrating, but I find I don't mind as much. As before, though, I find I prefer the broader first half to the more personal second.