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Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize, Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and clashing cultural identities in the mystical and mysterious city of Istanbul.
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
Review:
An astonishingly rich and lively story ... handled with an enchantingly light touch' Kirkus Reviews
A brave and passionate novel (Paul Theroux)
Tremendous exuberance . . . I do like a writer with a purpose (Margaret Forster)
An astonishingly rich and lively story ... handled with an enchantingly light touch ((starred review) Kirkus)
Overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters ... an entertaining and insightful ensemble novel that posits the universality of family, culture and coincidence ((starred review) Publishers Weekly)
Title: The Bastard of Istanbul
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used; Very Good
Seller: Artful Dodger Books, Geneva, Switzerland
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 20 x 13 cms. .360 bargain pages surely?. Seller Inventory # ABE-1494867007479
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Seller: Goodwill, Brooklyn Park, MN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CDs, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included. Seller Inventory # 2Y6RVK0056PN_ns
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_411411780
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Seller: LeLivreVert, Eysines, France
Condition: fine. Photo non contractuelle. Envoi rapide et soigné. Seller Inventory # 9780141031699_5526_T93
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Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_422256226
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_426638849
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61. Seller Inventory # G0141031697I3N00
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.61. Seller Inventory # G0141031697I3N00
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 360 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 ; Fiction. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 ; Fiction. Amenians Turkey ; Fiction. Amenians California San Francisco. Turkish fiction 21st century Translations into English. Istanbul (Turkey) ; Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 363435
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