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| "[The Bastard of] Istanbul features rich, complex
characters, a little magic." -- The Flint Journal (MI) --
04/01/07 |
| "In a better world, Turkish writer Elif Shafak would
get more attention for her zesty, imaginative writing and less for
the controversy her politics stir up... ...Bastard is also a lively
look at contemporary Istanbul and family through the eyes of two
young women, one Turkish and one Armenian-American. ...It's like a
Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club." -- USA Today
-- 02/15/07 |
| "...a rich and satisfying journey... ...a vital
reminder of history's hold on us..." -- The Seattle Times --
02/02/07 |
| "...bold and raggedly beautiful new novel..."
-- Star Tribune -- 02/02/07 |
| "...a serious novel of ideas..." -- Los Angeles
Times -- 01/21/07 |
| "...a fast-paced story of love, loss and coincidence.
Shafak writes powerfully of war (cultural and familial), of peace
and of the meaning of moral fortitude. She possesses a steady hand
when it comes to creating strong female characters..." -- St.
Louis Post Dispatch -- 01/14/07 |
| "This is an important book about forgetting, about
retelling stories, about denial... about not knowing your past,
about knowing your past, and about choosing (again and again) to
start over." -- Pittsburg Post Gazette -- 01/14/07 |
| "[Shafak] incorporates a political taboo into an
entertaining and insightful ensemble novel, one that posits the
universality of family, culture and coincidence." --
Publishers Weekly -- 11/13/06 |
| "An astonishingly rich and lively story of an
Istanbul family whose mixed up heritage mirrors the complexity of
Turkish society." -- Kirkus Starred Review -- 11/01/06 |
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