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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 (Paperback)
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 (Paperback)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'Expect vibrant, vivid and
eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a
tender storyline, all in Shafak's haunting, beautiful and
considered prose' Vanity Fair 'Incredibly sensuous and poetic and
evocative' Pandora Sykes 'Richly uplifting... truly beautiful
writing' Nicola Sturgeon '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,
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 . . . 'Simply magnificent, a
truly captivating work of immense power and beauty, on the essence
of life and its end' Philippe Sands 'Elif Shafak brings into the
written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more
than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged.
Shafak makes a new home for us in words' Colum McCann 'Elif
Shafak's extraordinary 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World
is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness' Simon Schama
'A rich, sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the
invisible, the untouchable, the abused and the damaged, weaving
their painful songs into a thing of beauty.' Financial Times 'One
of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi 'Haunting,
moving, beautifully written. A masterpiece' Peter Frankopan
'Extraordinary' Guardian 'Life-affirming' Stylist *Elif Shafak's
latest novel The Island of Missing Trees is available now*
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Imprint: |
Penguin Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2020 |
Authors: |
Elif Shafak
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-97946-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-241-97946-3 |
Barcode: |
9780241979464 |
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