The Bastard of Istanbul
Author: Shafak, Elif
ISBN: 9780241986448
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 178mm x 110mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A breath-taking novel about a violent secret that threatens the peace of two interwoven families - now a Penguin Essential
One 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.
ISBN: 9780241986448
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 178mm x 110mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A breath-taking novel about a violent secret that threatens the peace of two interwoven families - now a Penguin Essential
One 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.
