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Bastard Of Istanbul
Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize Elif Shafaks 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 doctors 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 Asyas 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
Asyas Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay long hidden family secrets connected with Turkeys 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 Shafaks 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 Shafaks 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."
Asyas Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay long hidden family secrets connected with Turkeys 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 Shafaks 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 Shafaks 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."
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