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Translating Ulysses

May 08, 2023 | IMDB 5.3

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Kawa Nemir is like a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language. He flees Turkey and takes refuge at Anne Frank's former house in Amsterdam. Will he be able to finish the translation of Ulysses and publish it?

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Kawa Nemir, Armağan Ekici

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