The Bastard of Istanbul
The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees
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Narrated by:
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Alix Dunmore
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By:
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Elif Shafak
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A gripping and beautiful novel from Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I want an abortion,' she announces. She is nineteen years old, and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life, and the lives of everyone around her.
Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. A mysterious curse causes all the men to die by the age of 41, so it is a house of women, among them her beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha, clairvoyant Auntie Banu and bar-brawl widow, Auntie Cevriye. But 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
© Elif Shafak 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
A couple of months back I read Mary Ann Sieghart's "The Authority Gap" and only then found out that many men simply won't read a book by a woman ! You fools. I am a 70 year old retired teacher, male, white, irish and various other labels. Elif Shafak writes about people, she moves me.....thank you.
Powerful, seductive writing
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Fascinating insight into Istanbul, the relationship between the Turks and Armenians through the lens of a novel.
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What a captivating listen!
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The stories of each character
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Always fantastic
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