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The Bastard of Istanbul

by Elif Shafak
The Bastard of Istanbul - Thryft
The Bastard of Istanbul - Thryft
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Longlist (2008)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Bastard of Istanbul

by Elif Shafak
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ISBN: 9780143112716
Authors: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2008-01-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 53645 readers)

Description

A “vivid and entertaining” ( Chicago Tribune ) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick)"Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club ." — USA TodayAs an Armenian American living in San Francisco, Armanoush feels like part of her identity is missing and that she must make a journey back to the past, to Turkey, in order to start living her life. Asya is a nineteen-year-old woman living in an extended all-female household in Istanbul who loves Jonny Cash and the French existentialists. The Bastard of Istanbul tells the story of their two families--and a secret connection linking them to a violent event in the history of their homeland. Filed with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it, and about Turkey itself.
 
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Longlist (2008)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.