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(0)Elif Shafak
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Traces the parallel stories of a present day Massachusetts, unhappily married professional reader, Ella Rubinstein's inspiration of the story of Shams of Tabriz, and her own transformation, and, the 13th-century transformation of a successful but unhappy cleric, Rumi, into a mystic and poet.. Shafik blends the East and the West, past and present, and presents an account of how love works in the world.
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Marlborough Public Library Adult Summer Reading
Northampton Book Group - Friday Afternoon
Southborough Staff Picks- Popular Fiction
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"A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches...
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2024.
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"In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem: the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. Arthur's only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, Arthur's world opens up far beyond the slums, with one book soon sending him...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away ...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives...
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"From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire In her latest novel, Turkey's 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 sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's...
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From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers comes 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...
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They were the most unlikely of friends. Three young women with utterly different worldviews. They were the Sinner, the Believer, and the Confused. Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old Polaroid of three young women and their university professor. A relic from a part...
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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.
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2022
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Más que una ciudad, Estambul parece un gran barco de ruta incierta, cargado de pasajeros de distintas nacionalidades, lenguas y religiones. Esa es la imagen que acompaña a la joven Armanoush, que viaja desde Arizona para visitar por primera vez la ciudad y descubrir sus orígenes. Lo que ella aún no sabe es que su familia armenia y la de su padrastro turco estuvieron ligadas en el pasado, y que la vida en común de los dos pueblos fue un día apacible....
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Doğan Kitap
Pub. Date
Haziran 2016.
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"Ben ne annem gibi dindarım, ne babam gibi kâinatın, beş duyumla kavradığım şeylerden ibaret olduğuna kaniyim. Öyleyse ben neredeyim? Ne mutlak dindarlığa, ne de mutlak akılcılığa dahil olmak isteyenler için bir başka yaklaşım, yeni bir varoluş şekli yok mu acaba? Bir üçüncü yol mesela? Kim bilir?Şirin, Mona ve Peri ... Günahkâr, İnanan ve Şaşkın. Münkir, Mümin ve Mütereddit ... Böylesine farklı üç genç kadın...
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Bota shqiptare
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[2018]
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Ata ishin miqtë më të pamundshëm. Tre vajza të reja me botëkuptime krejtësisht të ndryshme. Ata ishin mëkatari, besimtari dhe i hutuari. Peri, një grua turke e martuar, e pasur, e bukur, është rrugës për në një darkë në një rezidencë bregdetare në Stamboll, kur një lypës i rrëmben çantën e dorës. Ndërsa ajo lufton për ta rikthyer, një fotografi bie në tokë - një Polaroid i vjetër i tre vajzave të reja dhe profesorit...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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In the moments after she has been murdered, Tequila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her brain remains active for 10 minutes and 38 seconds. She remembers her life, from her childhood in the oppressive Turkish provinces to the sordid Istanbul sex trafficking industry, where despite the darkness and violence of her world she comes to know and be loved by a chosen family of friends.
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This collection of original stories by today's finest women writers--including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more--takes inspiration from the opening line in Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today....
