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From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman EmpireIn her latest novel, Turkeyâs preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultanâs menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultanâs beautiful daughter, Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empireâs chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chotaâs help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history. Yet even as they build Sinanâs triumphant masterpiecesâthe incredible Suleymaniye and Selimiye mosquesâdangerous undercurrents begin to emerge, with jealousy erupting among Sinanâs four apprentices.A memorable story of artistic freedom, creativity, and the clash between science and fundamentalism, Shafakâs intricate novel brims with vibrant characters, intriguing adventure, and the lavish backdrop of the Ottoman court, where love and loyalty are no match for raw power.
Hardcover:
9780525427971 | Viking Pr, March 31, 2015, cover price $27.95
9780241004913 | Gardners Books, November 6, 2014, cover price $25.35 | About this edition: From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman EmpireIn her latest novel, Turkeyâs preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire.
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9780143108306 | Penguin USA, May 31, 2016, cover price $17.00
9780241004920 | Gardners Books, November 6, 2014, cover price $21.95
9780441705757, titled "A Time of Dying" | Reprint edition (Ace Books, January 1, 1988), cover price $2.95 | also contains A Time of Dying | About this edition: paperback
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9781628995428 | Large print edition (Center Point Pub, May 1, 2015), cover price $35.95 | About this edition: In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul.
Product Description: 'I didn't say anything. I didn't return his smiles. I looked at him in the wide mirror in front of where I was sitting. He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes. I hate those who think fat people are stupid.'An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go, and so decide to reverse roles...read more
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9780241201916 | Reissue edition (Penguin Uk, May 1, 2016), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: 'I didn't say anything.
9780141048949 | Gardners Books, August 5, 2010, cover price $14.70
9780714531212 | Marion Boyars, July 1, 2006, cover price $14.95
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9780241973547 | Gardners Books, April 23, 2015, cover price $14.80
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9788426401397 | Lumen Editorial, February 19, 2015, cover price $27.95
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9780670784837 | Viking Pr, March 7, 2013, cover price $26.95
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9780143125044 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 25, 2014), cover price $16.00
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9788490323038 | Debolsillo, July 4, 2013, cover price $13.95
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9780143121084 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 31, 2012), cover price $16.00
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9780670022649, titled "Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within" | Viking Pr, April 28, 2011, cover price $25.95
In this follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 novel The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives-one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz-that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love. Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams' search for Rumi and the dervish's role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams's lessons, or rules, which offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi's story mirrors her own and that Zahara-like Shams-has come to set her free.
Paperback:
9780143118527 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, April 26, 2011), cover price $17.00
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9781400115129 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 23, 2010), cover price $34.99
9781400165124 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 23, 2010), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: In this follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 novel The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives-one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz-that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love.
Hardcover:
9780670021451 | Viking Pr, February 18, 2010, cover price $25.95
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9780141047188 | Gardners Books, March 19, 2011, cover price $14.75
Product Description: De la mano de una de las autoras turcas más aclamadas internacionalmente llega esta novela sobre la historia de dos familias. Para Armanoush, recién llegada de Arizona en busca de sus raÃces, Estambul es como un gran barco de ruta incierta...read more
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9788426417077, titled "La bastarda de Estambul / The Bastard of Istanbul" | Italian edition edition (Lumen Editorial, February 28, 2009), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: De la mano de una de las autoras turcas más aclamadas internacionalmente llega esta novela sobre la historia de dos familias.
Paperback:
9788499081991 | Italian edition edition (Random House Mondadori, March 1, 2010), cover price $13.95
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9781400145126 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 23, 2010), cover price $69.99
Product Description: Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize, Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and clashing cultural identities in the mystical and mysterious city of Istanbul. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery...read more
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9780670038343 | Viking Pr, January 18, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Turkish teen Asya is coming of age under the wing of her tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres.
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9780141031699 | Gardners Books, April 24, 2008, cover price $14.80 | About this edition: Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize, Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and clashing cultural identities in the mystical and mysterious city of Istanbul.
9780143112716 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, January 29, 2008), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A second English-language tale by the author of The Saint of Incipient Insanities finds Turkish teen Asya coming of age under the wing of her tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres.
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9781400103973 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 1, 2007), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Turkish teen Asya is coming of age under the wing of her tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres.
9781400153978 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 1, 2007), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Turkish teen Asya is coming of age under the wing of her tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres.
Library:
9781602850224 | Large print edition (Center Point Pub, August 1, 2007), cover price $31.95 | About this edition: One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery.
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9781400133970 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 1, 2007), cover price $79.99 | About this edition: Turkish teen Asya is coming of age under the wing of her tattoo-parlor owner mother and her three aunts, befriending a cousin from America, and discovering a secret that links her family to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres.
Product Description: âShe has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul, where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are still in tangled evidence on every family tree.ââThe New York Times Book ReviewSet within a once-stately apartment block in Istanbul, The Flea Palace tells the story of Bonbon Palace, built by Russian noble émigré Pavel Antipov for his wife Agripina at the end of the Tsarist reign...read more
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9780714531205, titled "Flea Palace" | New edition (Marion Boyars, April 1, 2006), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: âShe has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul, where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are still in tangled evidence on every family tree.
9780714531014 | Marion Boyars, June 30, 2004, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: "An enchanting combination of compassion and cruelty .
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9780374253578 | 1 edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 2004), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Follows the adventures of three young Turks loose in America as they negotiate their desires in a land that seems to allow limitless indulgences.
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