And they fear that Turkey may be too important to Western leaders' ambitions for the region to let the facts of what's happening interfere with the compelling moderate-Muslim-country narrative those leaders promote.
That's not a good sign: it's a warning that Mr. Rogers, who excels at pulpy country narratives, has decided to get topical.
There's a rich tradition of dystopian tales in this country, narratives of disaster that have struck a widespread chord by reflecting sociopolitical realities of their times, rendering worst-case scenarios as a warning to change our ways.
"The Secretary of State approves final country narratives and tier rankings".
Like much of her work before it ― her performances with the Carolina Chocolate Drops or her 2017 solo album "Freedom Highway ― the musical would not only introduce new audiences to a forgotten piece of history, it would introduce them to musical influences that have long been left out of popular folk and country narratives, too.
The 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) contains rankings and individual country narratives for 188 countries, including the United States.
And he did the same with the closed world of English life, reading the country's narrative conventions.
That history remains raw, and the animosities and distrust between the governing Pakistan Peoples Party and the military provide the backdrop to the country's narrative of instability today.
But they are straining against the same forces that stifled a youth-led protest movement earlier this year: a calcified political and social elite that wants to control the country's narrative.
As in Mason's best-known novel, "In Country," the narrative dwells on the effects of war that can be felt long after the fighting is over, but for Marshall the present turns out to have its particular satisfactions.
