Orhan pamuk was born in istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. One family is described as being out of a gabriel garcia marquez novel. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The bastard of istanbul by elif shafak petyr baeish books. An astonishingly rich and lively story of an istanbul family whose mixed up heritage mirrors the complexity of turkish society. The bastard of istanbul by elif shafak, first published in turkish and now available in english through penguin canadas viking imprint, is about both personal memories, history and how they both can deny the past. Contemporary turkish author, elif shafaks novel is on the subject of turkish identity, armenian diaspora, historical and collective memory. One rainy afternoon in istanbul, a woman walks into a doctors surgery.
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