Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World (Broché)

Name: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
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Author: Elif Shafak
ISBN: 9780241979464

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Elif Shafak

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Paru le : 06/08/2020

"In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore..." For... > Lire la suite

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"In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore..." For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory : spiced goat stew, the goat 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...

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Date de parution : 06/08/2020
Editeur : Penguin Books
Collection : Penguin Fiction
ISBN : 978-0-241-97946-4
EAN : 9780241979464
Format : Grand Format
Présentation : Broché
Nb. de pages : 311 pages
Poids : 0.23 Kg
Dimensions : 12,9 cm × 19,8 cm × 2,2 cm

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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World is an intensely powerful and richly evocative novel from one of the greatest storytellers of our time.

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Biographie d'Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and English and has published seventeen books, which have been translated into fifty languages. Her latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and The Forty Rules of Love was named one of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow.
Shafak is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. A passionate advocate for women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights and freedom of speech, she was chosen by Politico as one of twelve people "who will give you a much needed lift of the heart".