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One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul.

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Unquestionably an ambitious book, exuberant and teeming . . . a novel crammed with characters and themes, not unlike Istanbul itself * Guardian *
Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking . . . will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages * Sunday Express *
Heartbreaking . . . the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book * Vogue *
A writer whose artistry matches her ambition . . . she has taken on a subject of deep moral consequence * New York Times *
A brave and passionate novel * Paul Theroux *
Tremendous exuberance . . . I do like a writer with a purpose * Margaret Forster *
An astonishingly rich and lively story ... handled with an enchantingly light touch' * Kirkus Reviews *
Overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters ... an entertaining and insightful ensemble novel that posits the universality of family, culture and coincidence -- (starred review) * Publishers Weekly *

The Bastard of Istanbul

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    A Paperback / softback by Elif Shafak

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      Book details

      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 30 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9780241972908
      978-0241972908
      ISBN-10 0241972906
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul.

      Trade Review
      Unquestionably an ambitious book, exuberant and teeming . . . a novel crammed with characters and themes, not unlike Istanbul itself * Guardian *
      Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking . . . will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages * Sunday Express *
      Heartbreaking . . . the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak's book * Vogue *
      A writer whose artistry matches her ambition . . . she has taken on a subject of deep moral consequence * New York Times *
      A brave and passionate novel * Paul Theroux *
      Tremendous exuberance . . . I do like a writer with a purpose * Margaret Forster *
      An astonishingly rich and lively story ... handled with an enchantingly light touch' * Kirkus Reviews *
      Overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters ... an entertaining and insightful ensemble novel that posits the universality of family, culture and coincidence -- (starred review) * Publishers Weekly *

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