Shafak, Elif

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019

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ISBN 13:
9780241979464
author:
Shafak, Elif
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
language:
English
Publication Year:
2020
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 centimetres (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£10.70

Description

When the first minute following her death begins to ebb, Tequila Leila's consciousness slowly recedes from the shore, leaving behind a trail of memories that refuse to fade. Each minute recalls a sensual memory: the spiced goat stew her father sacrificed to celebrate her brother's birth, the bubbling vats of lemon and sugar used to wax women's legs while men pray, and the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works.

As Leila's memories resurface, the friends she made in her bittersweet life come flooding back, each one desperately trying to find her. This poignant and powerful novel weaves together the threads of a life lived on the fringes, a life of beauty and brutality, of sensuality and sorrow.

With prose that is both haunting and beautiful, Elif Shafak brings into the written realm the stories of those who are often left invisible. This is a novel that gives voice to the damaged, the abused, and the untouchable, weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty.

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