The Bastard of Istanbul From one of Turkey s most acclaimed and outspoken writers a novel about the tangled histories of two families In her second novel written in English Elif Shafak confronts her country s violent past
From one of Turkey s most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families.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 tFrom one of Turkey s most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families.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, The Bastard of Istanbul is a bold, powerful tale that will confirm Shafak as a rising star of international fiction.
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It was the cover that snared me Turkey is one of the top three countries on my mental list of countries to visit, along with the Czech Republic and Morocco, and I love Turkish architecture and design The cover reminded me of those beautiful mosaics and arches and mosques, and then the title Who could resist A less impulsive person than me, sure, but this is my idea of living dangerously Beautifully, gracefully, vividly written with a light, airy atmosphere that really allows you to breathe, The [...]
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The book suffers due to its trite language, stereotypical characterization, and unsubtle plot You end up not really caring for any of the characters, and wishing that the two deep questions the Armenian genocide and the Turkish identity pre and post Ataturk, had been painted on a deserving canvas
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Verdade Emprestadada A Bastarda de Istambul foi um best seller na Turquia uma obra pol mica que em 2006, espetou com a respectiva autora em tribunal O conflito Arm nio Turco que entre 1915 e 1923 redundou numa matan a massiva de cerca de um milh o e meio de Arm nios o primeiro genoc dio do s culo XX nunca foi assumido pela Republica da Turquia.No livro, Elif Shafak aborda esse tema tabu, num di logo entabulado pelas personagens Asya e Armanoush.Acusada de heresia e de denegrir a identidade turca [...]
Onvan The Bastard of Istanbul Nevisande Elif Shafak ISBN 670038342 ISBN13 9780670038343 Dar 368 Safhe Saal e Chap 2006
The lines are beautiful.The humor is priceless.The questions are numerous.One example being what is the value of truth Is truth always to be sought, AT ALL COSTS because the past is anything but bygone and as Elif Shafak also so eloquently speaks Once there was Once there wasn t God s creatures were as plentiful as grains and talking too much was a sin, for you could tell what you shouldn t remember and you could remember what you shouldn t tell The humor I adored the depiction of French cuisine [...]
I love Elif Safak and I liked this book She makes her characters so alive when writing, good are not always good, bad are not always bad, there is beauty and poison in all of us at times It is only a matter of how we use it.
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Wow This was something I have to admit I missed the feeling of oneness in a book Right after I finnished it took a deep breath , I turned on my computer determined to read about the author, the story, ideas, opinions I like to do that when I don t want a book to end Unfortunately, I got to an old conclussion of mine again critique and dissection of the book has no charm I clicked on some links and there I had opinions about how characters evolve and how the novel is built, even criticism for to [...]
The mordant gap between the children of those who managed to stay and the children of those who had to leave.If there s one story the media in the United States should be having conniptions over right now, it s that of Mike Brown Not Ebola, not Ukraine, not even Robin Williams, for if that man was half of the good things I ve heard since depression killed him, he wouldn t want the tears of those who believe yet another black person deserved to die at the hands of white law enforcement There s no [...]
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Entertaining Yes Lively characters Absolutely Page turner By all means It is what I call the perfect book for holiday One might as well consider Middlesex and The Kite Runner, not only for the captivating stories but also for the multi cultural Turkish American, Armenian American, Greek American, Afghan American whatever American incursion into people s and countries past and present political economical social situation.Beyond the complicated relationships which got on my nerves a little bit th [...]
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A florid hodgepodge of a book, The Bastard of Istanbul is too weak a novel to deal fruitfully with the issues it raises the Armenian genocide of 1915 nationalism how to navigate through your identity as the child of immigrants and Shafak s ambition doesn t match her execution It s cluttered and unfocused, and Shafak s characters fail to come alive beneath the weight of symbolism and stereotypes she heaps on them The climactic revelations of the novel are also quite far fetched and felt very manu [...]
A beautiful, entangled tale of a Turkish and Armenian family coming to terms with their past, rooted in the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century, and set mostly in a real, beautiful and gritty Istanbul It s a passionate story told with whimsy, humor and beauty in its portrayal of both love and unimaginable suffering Kareem Shaheenfrom The Best Books We Read In September 2016 bookriot 2016 10 03 riot r
bbc programmes b09nrvtbDescription Two families one Turkish, the other Armenian American are bound by the same horrific past One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a nineteen year old, unmarried woman walks into a doctor s surgery I need to have an abortion, she announces.Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul All the Kanzanci men die early, victims of a mysterious family curse, so this is a household of women Among them are Asya s beautiful, rebellious mother Zeli [...]
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We need popular fiction that depicts other aspects of Muslim life than the narrative of women s oppression that has become all too familiar Though this book is a useful addition to that category, it falls short the writing and plotting frequently feel forced, and some of the characters seem like nothing so much as convenient vehicles to carry out plot points If the writing were consistently strong, this could be easily overlooked, but there were too many times when I felt like the author was w [...]
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Turquia e Arm nia ao virar de uma p ginaElif Shafak lan ou um punhado de obras que a tornaram na escritora turca viva com mais exemplares vendidos a n vel mundial A somar veia de escritora acresce a de colunista, acad mica e oradora Mistura explosiva esta que lhe permite ter uma exposi o mpar mundialmente.Frisa frequentemente que por ser proveniente de um pa s isl mico n o sente, nem dever ter a obrigatoriedade de contar hist rias baseadas na sua g nese De facto, contabilizando apenas este A Bas [...]