The bastard of Istanbul
(Book)
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Published
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
ISBN
9780143112716, 0143112716
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION SHAFAK, E. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
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Book
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360 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780143112716, 0143112716
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Nineteen-year-old Asya has led a sheltered life with her mother and three aunts in Istanbul, until she meets Armanoush, her brother's stepdaughter, who flies to Istanbul to reconnect with her past and introduces Asya to a new world of possibilities and dangers.
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As an Armenian American living in San Francisco, Armanoush feels like part of her identity is missing and that she must make a journey back to the past, to Turkey, in order to start living her life. Asya is a nineteen-year-old woman living in an extended all-female household in Istanbul who loves Jonny Cash and the French existentialists. 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. Filed with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it, and about Turkey itself. -- Publisher description.
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Translated from the Turkish.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shafak, E. (2008). The bastard of Istanbul . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971-. 2008. The Bastard of Istanbul. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971-. The Bastard of Istanbul Penguin Books, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif. The Bastard of Istanbul Penguin Books, 2008.
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