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The Bastard of Istanbul
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Narrated by:
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Alix Dunmore
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By:
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Elif Shafak
About this listen
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Bastard of Istanbul by Edif Shafak.
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is 19 years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life.
Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse, all the Kaznci men die in their early 40s, so it is a house of women, among them Asya's beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha, who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as clairvoyant; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. And when Asya's Armenian American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long hidden family secrets connected with Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge.
Orange Prize for Fiction, Long-listed
©2019 Elif Shafak (P)2019 Penguin AudioCritic Reviews
"Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking...will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages." (Sunday Express)
"A beautiful book, the finest I have read about Turkey." (Irish Times)
"Heartbreaking...the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book." (Vogue)
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- Kerry Kilner
- 16-06-2021
WONDERFUL!
Elif Shafak is one of the best storytellers I have ever encountered. Read this now!
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- Yvonne ashmore
- 03-01-2023
Loved it
Elif Shafak has a brilliant way of holding you in her stories and making you feel
like you come to know the people personally. Highly recommended
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- Anonymous User
- 01-01-2020
Spiders Web
A wonderful story as intricate as a spiders web. Believable characters and in-depth consideration of a range of perspectives. Families often seem strange and their truth stranger than fiction. This family is well worth the read.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2024
Stunning read
Another powerful book by Elif Shafak. Great story that weaves through time, reminds us that fate is at work and that stories live on in women.
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- Marilyn CB.
- 01-03-2024
Disappointed
The story was not interesting enough to sustain listening. Reader too fast and her voice not appealing
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- Jacqui
- 30-09-2019
Frustrating
Full to the brim of stereotypes and frustrating details. Managed to listen to the first 2 hours and couldn't take it anymore.
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- Karen Jolly
- 18-01-2024
Irrelevant information about everything
In-depth descriptions about everything. Tended to ramble on unnecessarily. Storyline drawn out and boring.
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