Books written by Elif Shafak

L'ho sposato, lettore mio

Perdiamo più denaro di quanto ne guadagniamo». Sua madre le scoccò una dura occhiata. «Quel negozio sta uccidendo tuo padre». Le voci acute del cartone animato cominciarono a sembrare stridenti, con la loro comica allegria inadatta al ...
Istanbul Contrasts

Compiled by some of the region's leading movers and shakers, this guide gives readers an inside guide to Istanbul's new cultural landscape, its history and artistic heritage, accompanied throughout by stunning images from the lenses of ...
1914 - Goodbye to All That: Writers on the Conflict Between Life and Art

In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives. 1914-Goodbye to All That borrows its title from Robert Graves's "bitter leave-taking of England" ...
The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel

A moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak's best work yet.
The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi

In this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi's timeless message of love The Forty Rules of Love unfolds two tantalizing parallel ...
De veertig regels van liefde

Gedurende de vier maanden die ik in dat kleine klooster doorbracht, gebeurde het meer dan tien keer dat ik mijn belofte brak en over de schreef ging. Voor iemand die bedwelming verkoos boven nuchterheid was het niet moeilijk om drugs te ...
The Gaze

Intertwined with the story of a bizarre freak-show organised in Istanbul in the 1880s, The Gaze considers the damage which can be inflicted by our simple desire to look at others.
Three Daughters of Eve

In Three Daughters of Eve, she has given us a rich and moving story that humanizes and personalizes one of the most profound sea changes of the modern world.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Together they dangled strips of fabric from apple boughs laden with blossom, calling them ballerinas, took their sweet time to weave little baskets out of willow or crowns out of daisies; tied ribbons around the horns of the ram waiting ...
El fruto del honor

—Sí, pero llevaban consigo un deseo. Si alguien te robara tu deseo secreto, te molestaría, ... Al pensar en ello, Yamila se alegró de ser solo una ladrona y no una visitante de la fuente de los deseos. Si le hubieran ofrecido una moneda ...
Honour

From Booker-shortlisted author Elif Shafak, Honour is a gripping tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures.
The Architect's Apprentice

In 1540 Istanbul, 12-year-old Jahan, an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie who cares for an exceptionally smart elephant named Chota, is taken under the wing of the empire's chief architect and bears witness to the creation of some of ...
Black Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood

On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood Elif Shafak. dilemma . ... JeanPaul Sartre said all sorts of racism and xenophobia stem from envy . ... “ Envy lies at the root of our existential angst .
The Bastard of Istanbul

The Bastard of Istanbul tells the story of their two families--and a secret connection linking them to a violent event in the history of their homeland.
The Bastard of Istanbul

'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 ...
Black Milk: On Motherhood and Writing

Black Milk is the affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing by Turkey's bestselling female writer Elif Shafak, author of Honour, The Gaze and The Bastard of Istanbul which was long-listed for the Orange prize.
Un uccello migratore: L'ho sposato, lettore mio

Per festeggiare i 200 anni della nascita di Charlotte Brontë, Tracy Chevalier ha chiesto alle migliori autrici in lingua inglese di scrivere una storia ispirata alla celebre battuta di Jane Eyre: «L’ho sposato, lettore mio».
The Bastard of Istanbul

The Bastard of Istanbul tells the story of their two families--and a secret connection linking them to a violent event in the history of their homeland.
Honour

From Booker-shortlisted author Elif Shafak, Honour is a gripping tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures.
The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel

A novel about belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.