Elif Shafak

La nueva novela de la finalista del Premio Booker, con más de 300.000 lectores: «Preciosa y desgarradora» (Margaret Atwood) «Maravillosa». Mary Beard * «Una voz única en la literatura mundial». Ian

Una novela que cabalga entre lo doméstico y lo histórico y que evoca los colores, los aromas y la magia de las calles de Estambul «Esta magnífica novela me llevó a un país lejano, y la realidad era m

Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ellas life - an emptiness once filled by love. So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, she is shocked out of herself. Turning her back on her family she embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work. It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored...

Una novela que cabalga entre lo doméstico y lo histórico y que evoca los colores, los aromas y la magia de las calles de Estambul«Esta magnífica novela me llevó a un país lejano, y la realidad era mu

La nueva novela de la autora de La bastarda de Estambul y El arquitecto del universo transcurre a caballo entre Estambul e Inglaterra, entre la tradición y el afán por descubrir otras maneras de ver la vida.Erase una vez un sultan que una noche de tormenta empezo a leer unos esplendidos poemas del gran Nefi. De repente, un rato alcanzo los jardines del palacio y el hombre penso que aquello era una maldicion de los dioses. Rompio en mil pedazos las paginas del libro, las lanzo al Bosforo y ordeno la muerte del poeta. Desde entonces, las aguas de ese mar son tan negras como la tinta de aquellos poemas perdidosIgnorancia y poder: una mezcla explosiva que puede provocar mucho dolor inutil. De eso nos habla Peri, una joven que vive a caballo entre Estambul y Oxford, lidiando con las ideas politicas del padre y la devocion religiosa de su madre. La chica duda, investiga, y finalmente cree haber encontrado la verdad, cuando conoce a un profesor excentrico que estimula a sus estudiantes con preguntas siempre nuevas. Su guia son las tres pasiones que segun Bertrand Russell mueven los destinos de los humanos: el deseo de amor, la busqueda del conocimiento y la compasion por el dolor ajeno. La teoria tiene sentido, el reto es apasionante, pero el deseo pide paso.Con estos mimbres, Elif Shafak ha escrito una novela hermosa y necesaria, para invitarnos a mover esas aguas negras que a menudo nos impiden caminar.La critica ha dicho:La urgente y actual novela de Elif Shafak indaga en las ambiguedades y los peligros de estar atrapado en tierra de nadie. [] Las tres pasiones pone patas arriba los omnipresentes pero burdos topicos de Oriente y Occidente, opresion y liberacion, bien y mal, que siguen dividiendonos, atormentandonos y persiguiendonos a todos. Siri HustvedtParece casi clarividente. [] Hay novelas que quieres atesorar en la santidad de tu propia adoracion, y luego hay novelas de las que te sientes impaciente por hablar con los demas. Presta este libro a un amigo o llevalo a tu club de lectura para tener una gran conversacion sobre esta epoca inflamable en la que vivimos.The Washington PostRica y compleja. [] Shafak examina temas como la feminidad, la espiritualidad, el extremismo y la opresion politica de una forma reflexiva y refrescante.Harpers BazaarUna novela verdaderamente moderna sobre el modo en que nos determina la politica [], pero tambien sobre nuestras relaciones personales.Financial Times (Uno de los mejores libros de 2017)Una maravillosa leccion sobre la angustia multicultural, el choque entre modernidad y tradicion y las vicisitudes de las luchas personales. Una lectura imprescindible que entretiene e ilustra sin caer en el sermon.New York Journal of BooksUna vez mas, Shafak demuestra su valia.BooklistFresca y oportuna, una novela de grandes ideas.BookPageUn complejo retrato de Turquia.The New YorkerCon una prosa rica y sugerente, Shafak arroja luz sobre las luchas de las mujeres y muestra un camino de comunion entre el islam y la teoria feminista. Al igual que su compatriota Orhan Pamuk, Shafak ilustra la actual fisura entre la cultura oriental y occidental en Turquia.Library Jour...

À l’approche de la quarantaine, Ella Rubinstein, qui semble être une femme comblée, se demande pourtant si elle n’est pas passée à côté de sa vie. Pour se remettre en selle, elle décide de reprendre

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021A rich, magical new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - now a top ten Sunday Times bestsellerIt is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs.This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows. In the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree.This tree will witness their hushed, happy meetings, their silent, surreptitious departures; and the tree will be there when the war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, when the teenagers vanish and break apart. Decades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada Kazantzakis has never visited the island where her parents were born. Desperate for answers, she seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence.The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a Ficus Carica growing in the back garden of their home. In The Island of Missing Trees, prizewinning author Elif Shafak brings us a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature, and, finally, renewal. 'What a wonderful read! This book moved me to tears...

La nueva novela de la autora de La bastarda de Estambul y El arquitecto del universo transcurre a caballo entre Estambul e Inglaterra, entre la tradición y el afán por descubrir otras maneras de ver la vida. Erase una vez un sultan que una noche de tormenta empezo a leer unos esplendidos poemas del gran Nefi. De repente, un rato alcanzo los jardines del palacio y el hombre penso que aquello era una maldicion de los dioses. Rompio en mil pedazos las paginas del libro, las lanzo al Bosforo y ordeno la muerte del poeta. Desde entonces, las aguas de ese mar son tan negras como la tinta de aquellos poemas perdidos Ignorancia y poder: una mezcla explosiva que puede provocar mucho dolor inutil. De eso nos habla Peri, una joven que vive a caballo entre Estambul y Oxford, lidiando con las ideas politicas del padre y la devocion religiosa de su madre. La chica duda, investiga, y finalmente cree haber encontrado la verdad, cuando conoce a un profesor excentrico que estimula a sus estudiantes con preguntas siempre nuevas. Su guia son las tres pasiones que segun Bertrand Russell mueven los destinos de los humanos: el deseo de amor, la busqueda del conocimiento y la compasion por el dolor ajeno. La teoria tiene sentido, el reto es apasionante, pero el deseo pide paso. Con estos mimbres, Elif Shafak ha escrito una novela hermosa y necesaria, para invitarnos a mover esas aguas negras que a menudo nos impiden caminar.La critica ha dicho: La urgente y actual novela de Elif Shafak indaga en las ambiguedades y los peligros de estar atrapado en tierra de nadie. [] Las tres pasiones pone patas arriba los omnipresentes pero burdos topicos de Oriente y Occidente, opresion y liberacion, bien y mal, que siguen dividiendonos, atormentandonos y persiguiendonos a todos.Siri HustvedtParece casi clarividente. [] Hay novelas que quieres atesorar en la santidad de tu propia adoracion, y luego hay novelas de las que te sientes impaciente por hablar con los demas. Presta este libro a un amigo o llevalo a tu club de lectura para tener una gran conversacion sobre esta epoca inflamable en la que vivimos.The Washington PostRica y compleja. [] Shafak examina temas como la feminidad, la espiritualidad, el extremismo y la opresion politica de una forma reflexiva y refrescante.Harpers Bazaar Una novela verdaderamente moderna sobre el modo en que nos determina la politica [], pero tambien sobre nuestras relaciones personales.Financial Times (Uno de los mejores libros de 2017)Una maravillosa leccion sobre la angustia multicultural, el choque entre modernidad y tradicion y las vicisitudes de las luchas personales. Una lectura imprescindible que entretiene e ilustra sin caer en el sermon.New York Journal of Books Una vez mas, Shafak demuestra su valia.Booklist Fresca y oportuna, una novela de grandes ideas.BookPageUn complejo retrato de Turquia.The New Yorker Con una prosa rica y sugerente, Shafak arroja luz sobre las luchas de las mujeres y muestra un camino de comunion entre el islam y la teoria feminista. Al igual que su compatriota Orhan Pamuk, Shafak ilustra la actual fisura entre la cultura oriental y occidental en Turquia.Library ...

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...

La nueva novela de la finalista del Premio Booker, con más de 300.000 lectores: «Preciosa y desgarradora» (Margaret Atwood) «Maravillosa». Mary Beard * «Una voz única en la literatura mundial». Ian

The Architect's Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul. 'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...' Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie. So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota's back to the furthest corners of the Sultan's kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan's fortunes forever. Filled with all the colour of the Ottoman Empire, when Istanbul was the teeming centre of civilisation, The Architect's Apprentice is a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger. "A gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance." (The Times). "Shafak's most ambitious novel yet her best - generous and imaginative." (Independent). "Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic...like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience." (Financial Times). "Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power." (Sunday Times). "Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written." (Observer). "Sumptuous, absorbing, moving." (Independent on Sunday).

The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*****There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh.*****Elif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature Ian McEwan'Shafak makes a new home for us in words' Colum McCann'One of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi

From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice, Honour is a tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures. "A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate." (Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat). 'My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten ...' Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood. Their eldest is the boy Iskender, who remembers Turkey and feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma, who is loyal and true despite the pain and heartache. And, lastly, Yunus, who was born in London, and is shy and different. Trapped by the mistakes of the past, the Toprak children find their lives shattered and transformed by a brutal act of murder...A powerful novel set in Turkey and London in the 1970s, Honour explores pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the trials of the immigrant, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tears families apart. "Vivid storytelling...that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love." (Sunday Telegraph). "Rich and wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends, Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story - a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women trying to grow within ancient ways, all the while growing past them. I loved this book." (Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress). "[Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aamer Hussein, Andrea Levy, Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela, who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others." (The Independent).

''My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten...''Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood.Their eldest is the boy Iskender, who remembers Turkey and feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma, who is loyal and true despite the pain and heartache. And, lastly, Yunus, who was born in London, and is shy and different.Trapped by the mistakes of the past, the Toprak children find their lives shattered and transformed by a brutal act of murder . . .A powerful novel set in Turkey and London in the 1970s, Honour explores pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the trials of the immigrant, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tears families apart.

When Jahan travels to 16th-century Istanbul as a stowaway carrying the gift of a white elephant for the sultan, little does he know the journey on which he is about to embark. As he settles into life in Istanbul, Jahan's fortunes are shaped by chance encounters. In the palace gardens he meets Mihrimah, the beautiful and mischievous princess, and loses his heart in an instant. Later he catches the eye of Grand Architect Sinan, who chooses Jahan as his apprentice and changes the young boy's destiny forever. Full of magic, colour and societal upheaval in the architectural renaissance of Turkey, this is the sweeping tale of plagues, wars, forbidden romance and the simple love between a boy and his elephant.

A short story by Elif Shafak from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In A Migrating Bird, a young Turkish woman is drawn to a Dutch student on foreign exchange at her university. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontes game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it is a sadly dilapidated home to ten wildly different individuals and their families. There''s a womanizing, hard-drinking academic with a penchant for philosophy; a ''clean freak'' and her lice-ridden daughter; a lapsed Jew in search of true love; and a charmingly naive mistress whose shadowy past lurks in the building. When the garbage at Bonbon Palace is stolen, a mysterious sequence of events unfolds that result in a soul-searching quest for truth