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A breath-taking novel about a violent secret that threatens the peace of two interwoven families - now a Penguin Essential.
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Utgitt:
2019
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN: 9780241986448
Format: 18 x 11 cm
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«A brave and passionate novel»
«Tremendous exuberance . . . I do like a writer with a purpose»
«An astonishingly rich and lively story … handled with an enchantingly light touch' Kirkus Reviews »
«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»
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both
Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty
languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK,
including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global
Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). An advocate
for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker,
each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded
the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make
the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif
Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.com