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<B>From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families</B> <BR><BR> In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the “bastard” of the title, Asya, a nineteen-year-old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a tattoo parlor and is Asya's mother; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; Cevriye, a widowed high school teacher; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. Their one estranged brother lives in Arizona with his wife and her Armenian daughter, Armanoush. When Armanoush secretly flies to Istanbul in search of her identity, she finds the Kazanci sisters and becomes fast friends with Asya. A secret is uncovered that links the two families and ties them to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres. Full of vigorous, unforgettable female characters, <I>The Bastard of Istanbul</I> is a bold, powerful tale that will confirm Shafak as a rising star of international fiction.
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Right after I finnished it (& took a deep breath), I turned on my computer determined to read more about the author, the story, ideas, opinions. I like to do that when I don't want a book to end.
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Middlesex and The Kite Runner, not only for the captivating stories but also for the multi-cultural (Turkish-American, Armenean-American, Greek-Amer...more...]]>
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Elif Shafak has created two fascinating young women, one a Turk living in Istanbul with her Aunts and one an Armenian living in Arizona with her mother a...more...]]>
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Reviewers opined differently about the success of The Bastard of Istanbul. Most praised the novel's oddball characters and magical realism as a counterbalance to the horrors of violence and war; others felt that such irreverent portrayals gave the darker subject matter a cartoonish aspect. All agree...more...]]>
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