| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0241970946 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241970942 |
| No of pages | 464 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Viking |
| Published Date | 01 Jan 2015 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0241970946 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241970942 |
| No of pages | 464 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Viking |
| Published Date | 01 Jan 2015 |
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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The Architect's Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Leif Safka, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul.
'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...'
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chita, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Miriam.
He will journey on Chita’s back to the furthest corners of the Sultan's kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan's fortunes forever.
Filled with all the color of the Ottoman Empire, when Istanbul was the teeming center of civilization, The Architect's Apprentice is a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger.
'Fascinating and gripping' Rosamunde Lupton on Honor
Leif Safka is the acclaimed author of nine novels including The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love and Honor and is the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than forty languages and she contributes to numerous international publications, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Newsweek and Time magazine.
She is also a public speaker working with The London Speaker Bureau and is a TED Global speaker. Leif Safka has previously been longlisted for the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She is based in London with her two children. www.elifshafak.com