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The Bastard of Istanbul

The Bastard of Istanbul

Elif Shafak

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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 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

 

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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 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

 

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Elif Shafak

Elif Şafak je višestruko nagrađivana spisateljica i najčitanija književna autorica u Turskoj. Aktivna je kao politička komentatorica i predavačica.

Piše na turskom i engleskom jeziku, a do sada je objavila petnaest knjiga, uključujući deset romana među kojima se ističu bestseleri Istanbulsko kopile i Četrdeset pravila ljubavi. Knjige su joj prevedene na četrdeset i sedam jezika.

Şafak je TED govornica, članica Vijeća za izradu globalnog programa za razvoj kreativne industrije Svjetskog ekonomskog foruma u Davosu i jedna od osnivačica Evropskog vijeća za međunarodne odnose, ECFR. Francuska vlada joj je 2010. dodijelila Orden viteza za umjetnost i književnost.

Piše za vodeće svjetske dnevne novine i časopise, uključujući Financial Times, Guardian,New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel i La Repubblicu.

Predavala je na brojnim univerzitetima u Turskoj, Velikoj Britaniji i Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Diplomirala je međunarodne odnose, magistrirala rodne i ženske studije, a doktorirala političke nauke. Poznata je kao aktivistkinja za prava žena, manjina i pripadnika LGBT populacije.

Njene su knjige nominovane za nagradu Orange, MAN Asian nagradu, Baileys nagradu i IMPAC Dublin nagradu, a ušle su u uži izbor za dodjelu Nagrade za najbolji roman na stranom jeziku i RSL Ondaatje nagrade.

Bila je članica žirija za dodjelu Nezavisne nagrade za najbolji roman na stranom jeziku (2013), Nagrade za najbolju kratku priču Sunday Timesa (2014, 2015), desete po redu nagrade Žene budućnosti (2015), FT/Oppenheimer Fond nagrade za nove autorske glasove (2015, 2016), Baileys ženske nagrade za književnu fikciju (2016) i Man Booker međunarodne književne nagrade (2017).

Şafak živi u Londonu.

 

www.elifshafak.com

 

Twitter @Elif_Safak

 

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