10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

Author(s): Elif Shafak

Fiction

For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . . 'One of the most important writers at work today' Independent


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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019. 

'One of the best writers in the world today' - Hanif Kureishi  'Haunting, moving, beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece' - Peter Frankopan.

General Fields

  • : 9780241979464
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin (General UK)
  • : 0.227
  • : May 2020
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  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Elif Shafak
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 813.6