The Bastard of Istanbul

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• This Turkey's been overstuffed

  The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak Viking £16.99, pp357 The bastard of Istanbul arrives already weighed down by baggage. Written in English, the novel was published first in Turkey, in translation, where it rapidly became a bestseller. Its author ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Armenian in Istanbul

  There is a moral putrescence peculiar to the denial of genocide. Yet denial’s practitioners are all around us. The Sudanese government calls the butchers of Darfur “self-defense militias.” The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dismisses the Hol ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  I loved the lucid sarcasm of this book. I loved the way the stories were twisting unexpectedly. I loved the strong and fragile characters of Amy and Asya, their fight to find their identity in a society still paying for their grandparents's mistakes. I highly recommended it!!!!

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  jaahbaba said on Apr 30, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Relaxing but nothing special.

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  momina said on Mar 3, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A MUST for those who are pseudo"Reader"

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  La Delve said on Oct 23, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 1400103975
• ISBN-13: 9781400103973
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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