The Bastard of Istanbul

Writer

Elif Shafak

Language

English

ISBN

9780241986448

Number of pages

368

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Category
Fiction
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The Bastard of Istanbul
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A breath-taking novel about a violent secret that threatens the peace of two interwoven families - now a Penguin EssentialOne rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery.'I want an abortion', she announces.She is nineteen years old, and unmarried.What happens that afternoon is to change her life, and the lives of everyone around her.Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul.Due to a mysterious family curse all the men die by age 41, so it is a house of women, among them her beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha, clairvoyant Auntie Banu and bar-brawl widow, Auntie Cevriye.But when Asya's Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long-hidden family secrets and Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge.

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