10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD , SHORT LISTED FOR 2020 BOOKER PRIZE AND THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES, SHORT LISTED FOR THE 2022 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION/ BOTH COPIES ARE SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE.

ELIF SHAFAK

ISBN 10: 0241293863 / ISBN 13: 9780241293867

Edité par PENGUIN/VIKING, 2019

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PENGUIN/VIKING, 2019 & 2021, BOTH BOOKS AND DUST JACKETS IN FINE CONDITION."10 MINUTE"BOOK IS SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE WITH "my best wishes"/ ISLAND"BOOK IS SIGNED, LINED,"tree-time is equivalent to story-time"AND DATED 11/28/2021.GREAT COLLECTOR SET. N° de réf. du vendeur 132

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Titre : 10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD ...

Éditeur : PENGUIN/VIKING

Date d'édition : 2019

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Fine

Signé : Signed by Author

Edition : 1st Edition.

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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, The High Low

'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

'A vivid carnival of life and death, cruelty and kindness, love, politics and deep humanity. Brilliant!' Helena Kennedy

'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 - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece' Peter Frankopan

'Extraordinary' Guardian

'Life-affirming' Stylist

À propos de l?auteur:

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into 54 languages. The author of 19 books, 12 of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award; and chosen as Blackwell's Book of the Year. Her previous novel, The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by the BBC as one of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. In 2021, Shafak's The Architect's Apprentice was chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's inaugural book club, The Reading Room. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.com.