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The Bastard of Istanbul Paperback - 2008
by Elif Shafak
In her second novel written in English, one of Turkeys most acclaimed and outspoken writers confronts her countrys violent past, in a vivid and colorful tale about the tangled histories of two families.
Summary
Populated with vibrant characters, The Bastard of Istanbul is the story of two families, one Turkish and one Armenian American, and their struggle to forge their unique identities against the backdrop of Turkey's violent history. Filled with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the tension between the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it.
Details
- Title The Bastard of Istanbul
- Author Elif Shafak
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2008-02-01
- ISBN 9780143112716 / 0143112716
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Istanbul (Turkey), Armenian massacres, 1915-1923
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Zesty, imaginative . . . A Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club."
-USA Today
"Shafak's writing is seductive. . . . The Bastard of Istanbul portrays family as more than merely a function of genetics and fate, folding together history and fiction, the personal and the political into a thing of beauty."
-Elle
"[This] saucy, witty, dramatic, and affecting tale in the spirit of novels by Amy Tan, Julia Alvarez, and Bharati Mukherjee should prove irresistible to readers. . . . A grandly emphatic and spellbinding story."
-New York Newsday (cover)
"Beautifully imagined . . . this wonderful new novel carried me away. And reality was different when I returned."
-Chicago Tribune
-USA Today
"Shafak's writing is seductive. . . . The Bastard of Istanbul portrays family as more than merely a function of genetics and fate, folding together history and fiction, the personal and the political into a thing of beauty."
-Elle
"[This] saucy, witty, dramatic, and affecting tale in the spirit of novels by Amy Tan, Julia Alvarez, and Bharati Mukherjee should prove irresistible to readers. . . . A grandly emphatic and spellbinding story."
-New York Newsday (cover)
"Beautifully imagined . . . this wonderful new novel carried me away. And reality was different when I returned."
-Chicago Tribune
Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 02/17/2008, Page 24
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