Opis: The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak

Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize, Elif Shafak's "The Bastard of Istanbul" is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and clashing cultural identities in the mystical and mysterious city of Istanbul. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse, all the Kaznci men die in their early forties, so it is a house of women, among them Asya's beautiful, rebellious mother Zeliha, who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as clairvoyant; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. And when Asya's Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long hidden family secrets connected with Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge. "Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking...will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages." ("Sunday Express"). "A beautiful book, the finest I have read about Turkey." ("Irish Times"). "Heartbreaking...the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book. " ("Vogue"). Elif Shafak has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in both English and Turkish contemporary literature; her novels, "The Flea Palace", "The Forty Rules of Love", "The Gaze" and "Honour", are consistently at the top of bestseller lists across the globe. Elif Shafak's examination of national identity, "The Happiness of Blond People" is available as part of the "Penguin Specials" series - a digital only series of shorts designed with commuters in mind. An astonishingly rich and lively story . handled with an enchantingly light touch' Kirkus Reviews A brave and passionate novel Paul Theroux Tremendous exuberance ... I do like a writer with a purpose Margaret Forster An astonishingly rich and lively story ... handled with an enchantingly light touch -- (starred review) Kirkus Overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters . an entertaining and insightful ensemble novel that posits the universality of family, culture and coincidence -- (starred review) Publishers Weekly

Szczegóły: The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak

Tytuł: The Bastard of Istanbul
Autor: Elif Shafak
Producent: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141031699
Rok produkcji: 2008
Ilość stron: 368
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.25 kg

Recenzje: The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak