{"product_id":"la-bastarda-de-estambul-the-bastard-of-istanbul-9786073817554","title":"La Bastarda de Estambul \/ The Bastard of Istanbul","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most popular and recognized contemporary Turkish writers. --\u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a city, Istanbul seems like a large ship on an uncertain route, laden with passengers of different nationalities, languages, and religions. This is the image that accompanies young Armanoush, who travels from Arizona to visit the city for the first time and discover her origins. What she doesn't yet know is that her Armenian family and that of her Turkish stepfather were linked in the past, and that the common life of the two peoples was once peaceful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Soon Armanoush will meet this peculiar clan, where there are only women because the men chose to die young or go far away to forget their sins. At the center of the portrait appears Zeliha, the rebellious woman who one day became pregnant and decided not to abort. This is how Asya was born, who is now nineteen years old, and will soon be Armanoush's friend. The friendship between the two young women will end up revealing an old and murky story, a relationship that was born and died in pure desperation, but the ladies of the family will know how to resolve even this mishap. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"vivid and entertaining\" \u003ci\u003e(Chicago Tribune)\u003c\/i\u003e tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (a Reese's Book Club Pick) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152721\"\u003eElif Shafak\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Debolsillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.88w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786073817554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 607381755X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElif Shafak\u003c\/b\u003e nació en Estrasburgo en 1971, de padres turcos. El trabajo de la madre, una diplomática, la obligó a viajar y a residir en distintos países, entre ellos España. Actualmente vive con su familia entre Estambul y Londres, colabora con distintos periódicos turcos, ingleses y estadunidenses y es un miembro muy activo del London Speaker Bureau. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA la hora de escribir, suele alternar el inglés y el turco. Tras el éxito internacional de \u003ci\u003eLa bastarda de Estambul\u003c\/i\u003e (Lumen, 2009), Shafak escribió un texto autobiográfico donde reflexionaba sobre su nuevo rol de madre, y en 2012 publicó \u003ci\u003eEl fruto del honor\u003c\/i\u003e, una novela que ponía en entredicho las reglas de dos mundos distintos y sin embargo condenados a entenderse. Con \u003ci\u003eEl arquitecto del universo\u003c\/i\u003e (Lumen, 2015), su anterior novela, Shafak volvía a hablarnos de su querida Estambul y situaba la acción en los tiempos en que se construyeron las grandes mezquitas y los hermosos palacios que han cabalgado el tiempo para llegar hasta el día de hoy. \u003ci\u003eLas tres pasiones\u003c\/i\u003e es su novela más reciente.","brand":"Debolsillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44087189110959,"sku":"607381755X","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_23e6611f-23e0-4ee7-801c-e7c80ba8e85a.jpg?v=1719832711","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/la-bastarda-de-estambul-the-bastard-of-istanbul-9786073817554","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}