#ORLANDO

In this episode, Elif Shafak is focusing on the word #ORLANDO. Tell me the books that changed your lives in the comments.
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Language is the key to understanding and unlocking our world.
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What is not said that often is that they can hurt and even spread hatred and hostility, just like they can heal and bring about love, empathy and wisdom.
They can divide, distance and "dehumanise", just like they can connect and “rehumanise" those who have been dehumanised.
East and West, North and South, regardless of race, sex, gender, colour, religion, ethnicity, nationality or any other category, we are all made of stories.
Stories bring us together, untold stories keep us apart.
Today's word is ORLANDO.
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[@Amir_mmm]

Well done 👏🏻

[@sukuAziz6]

Just watch this vdo you won't regret. She's extraordinary at explaining it.❤

[@boxorfurnace]

I really liked your insights, especially from the point of view of a Turkish citizen…reading Orlando currently and planning to visit Istanbul in February. Thanks! Liked and Subscribed.

[@hallamaroufmarouf3772]

Thank you very very much.. Amazing educated woman.. Amazing speech. Amazing free thoughts.. We raise our hats for you

[@newyorkmyndd9801]

I only found Woolf and Orlando recently. It was the book I requested as a gift from my cousin, as I was and am very much in those other and in between spaces of existing. It also shook me. I have read twice and have read 3 others by Virginia now, and have to say she speaks to me in a very special way. This is not just a book for people in those lonely questioning spaces, it can be enlightening in many ways 90 years later for so many, and yes Virginia Woolf and Orlando live on, Thank you for this post! ✌️🌈!

[@MJ-zn1rt]

best literature review I have ever encountered on youtube, eloquent, deep and beautiful.

[@giulialansarotti4681]

Thank you very much for this deep analysis!

[@faisalbahoo]

You are the Queen of words, expression and feelings You had complete yourself by books but now you the book that is light for ppl now Write down the biography of elif.. Love you

[@mercurious6699]

what a beautiful way to introduce 'orlando'. thank you, much to savour here

[@franciscolealgonzalez1333]

This is the most incredible review of this masterpiece called Orland

[@paonekumarbonda]

Your way of explaining 'Orlando' is quite interesting. Thank you so much.

[@sastasparepart]

I love ❤️ elif from India 🇮🇳 ♥️ your vice ♥️

[@daviddawson1289]

Just finished this book and you expressed why I loved it far better than I ever could haha

[@noemiegacogne4916]

beautiful and poetic analysis, thank you very much

[@mahsaghoreyshi111]

i think every one should live like orlando♥

[@zhisu2665]

I saw it in the store but haven't read it yet, its on my list of books I need to read

[@NM-fe8he]

Thank you so much Elif Shafaq for introducing the great of all times novel to us in such a wonderful way. Your explanations are always fascinating.

[@gwendawnseto2284]

Thank you Elif. Very interesting thank you

[@d.t.6409]

Elif Hanim, Bu videoyu izleyip sizin ile ortak bir nokta bulmak beni kendi dünyamda mutlu etti. Orlando benim de hayatimi çok etkiledi ve değiştirdi. Fakat ben karakterle ilk filmini izledigimde tanistim. Sonrasında Orlando referansları çok farklı turlu sekillerde hayatıma geldi. Ben de Orlando gibi Istanbul'da ilk defa non-binary birey olarak come out ettim (genelde Londra'da yaşıyorum) Sizin deyiminiz ile metamorfoza uğradım. O gunden beri günümüzde 'Feminen' bir insan olmanın getirileriyle ve çürümüş kurallariyla yeni tanisiyorum. Tam da 'threshold' da oldugum bir zamanda bugun charity shop gezerken sonunda Orlando kitabi bana geldi ve okumaya başladım. Kitap bambaşka bir dünya. Daha ilk basından çok etkilendim. Biraz once kitapla ilgili fikirleri merak edip KZbin'a geldim ve sizin videonuzla da boyle karsilastim. Sizi belki 15 yıl once Londra'da Lambeth Bridge'in kosesindeki Starbucks'da laptopunuz ile calisirken görüp starstruck olmustum. O zaman 18 yasindaydim ve sizin 'Ask' romanınızi daha yeni okumuştum. 'Ask' hayatımı değiştiren benim icin onemli 10 kitaptan biridir.Ve kitabi bitirince inanıyorum ki Orlando'da bu listeye katilicak. Ilhaminiz bol olsun. Sevgiler.

[@leoniiik20]

Thank you very much, I loved the video and how you talked about the book :)

[@rethinking2023]

thank you very much for this recommendation, i ll go to buy this book 🔮

[@eminecivanoglu5983]

Filmde Tilda Swinton'un performansı inanılmaz, muhteşem, sarsıcı. Virginia Woolf'un bize böyle bir hikaye bırakmış olması ne şahane bir şey. Tilda Swinton's performance in the movie is incredible, magnificent, shocking. What a wonderful thing that Virginia Woolf has left us such a story. #virginawoolf #tildaswinton #orlando

[@hallamaroufmarouf3772]

We needs more and more vedios like these

[@rallyeraidr7841]

I love the way Woolf put Vita Sackville-West (Orlando) and her lover Violet Trefusis (Princess Sasha) as characters in this; in reality a tragic story of two people who were really born a hundred years to early. The references to Princess Sasha's parentage are the same as the real-life conjecture about Violet's father; possibly Edward the 7th, as Violet's mother was the royal mistress. The book, Portrait of a Marriage, based on Vita's own writing of their affair gives a good background to their love.

[@mayarosman8514]

Thank you so much for recommending this book, the way you described it made me wanna search for it right after the video finishes ❤️

[@junaidkhanjunaidkhan2540]

You have touched me beyond Words, Elif.

[@nilimarawal6241]

love you Eliff 🙏❤️

[@TicketToLiterature]

Appreciate your work 👏👏

[@joyosumah6785]

Istanbul: multiple belonging.... Noted.

[@erwintonsimatupang2497]

Hopefully, I will be able interview you about top 10 books in your list.

[@diana7450]

☺️

[@joyosumah6785]

U said it is a feminist classic I don't see anything feminist about it Can you expansiate I have a review on this novel and it's too complex for my own understanding

[@moiz-ul-islam]

Dear Elif, what does the word "freedom" mean to you?

[@AliAli-gw6fq]

You are very beautiful from inside as well as outside

[@joyosumah6785]

I've heard what u have to say.... But I question your claim of "feminist essay/literature". How? For me... From what I've heard I think and I feel this book is actually the transit of time, era, class and gender The book yeah has this hint of broken conventionality like you've claim yeah...and we could see how the world and categorization of a man influence Orlando's style of writing and conformity to society standard as to when he was a woman. From a woman point we could see the existence of those women in the court I think the dark constaiene who could do and undo... That's game shakers of society in the world. So I think it's move like a transit for me

[@flyingpotatoe1299]

Lets not ignore all of the racial slurs though