At the Breakfast Table (Hardcover)

Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade. Buyukada, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Shirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century. But the deep past is something Shirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great-grandchild, Celine, do not know what she's hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences. The siblings invite family friend and investigative journalist Burak along to interview Shirin - in celebration of her centenary, and also in the hope of persuading her to open up. Eventually Shirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how. She paints a story onto her dining room wall, revealing a history wiped from public consciousness and generations of her family's history. 'Fiercely intelligent, finely textured and achingly beautiful.' Elif Shafak

General

Imprint:	Apollo
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Defne Suman
Translators:	Betsy Goeksel
Dimensions:	229 x 148 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-1-80024-700-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Turkish
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Sagas Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	1-80024-700-1
Barcode:	9781800247000

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