| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 067091729X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-670-91729-7 |
| No of pages | 359 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Viking |
| Published Date | 02 Aug 2007 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 067091729X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-670-91729-7 |
| No of pages | 359 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Viking |
| Published Date | 02 Aug 2007 |
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages.
Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of We forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations).
An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED Global speaker, each time receiving a standing ovation.
Shafak contributes to major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Letters. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Welcome Prize 2019.
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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 is to change her life, and the lives of everyone around her. Twenty years later, Asia Kasunic lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse all the Kasunic men die early in their forties, so it is a house of women, among them Asia’s beautiful, rebellious mother, Zilina, who runs a tattoo parlor; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; and Ferried, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. And when Asia’s Armenian-American cousin Amanous comes to visit to trace her family’s heritage, long-hidden secrets and Turkey’s turbulent past begin to emerge.