{"product_id":"10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world-9780241979464","title":"10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA truly captivating work of immense power and beauty\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philippe Sands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunting, moving, beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peter Frankopan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, sensual novel\u003c\/b\u003e... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible, the untouchable, the abused and the damaged, weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best writers in the world today\u003c\/b\u003e -- Hanif Kureishi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA terrific book. Poetic, poignant, trenchant\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ian Rankin on 'Three Daughters of Eve'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thoughtful, charming book\u003c\/b\u003e that offers a connection to other worlds, perspectives and possibilities * Sunday Times on 'Three Daughters of Eve' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brave and passionate novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul Theroux on 'Bastard of Istanbul'\u003cbr\u003eA vivid carnival of life and death, cruelty and kindness, love, politics and deep humanity. This is only possible in the hands of a consummate storyteller.\u003cb\u003e Elif Shafak's lyrical command of language and narrative is breathtaking. Brilliant!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helena Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. \u003c\/b\u003e Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged.  Shafak makes a new home for us in words -- Colum McCann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElif Shafak's extraordinary \u003ci\u003eTen Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness,\u003c\/b\u003e a wild shout of life from out of the lower depths of destitution and prostitution, indeed from beyond the grave itself. Every page throbs with unruly vitality, the sense- saturating colours scents and sounds of raw Istanbul, all registered with poetic sharpness. It's a book which for all its ordeals is a profoundly moving, at times lyrical,  celebration of humanity's obstinate fight for life against the steepest of odds -- Simon Schama\u003cbr\u003eA heartbreaking meditation on the ways in which social forces can destroy a life. Elif Shafak can be unsparing, lyrical, political, intimate... \u003cb\u003eSeveral novels live in this one, and all of them are moving, generous and elegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e -- Juan Gabriel Vasquez","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733426647383,"sku":"9780241979464","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241979464.jpg?v=1720000033","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world-9780241979464","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}