Her work has been translated into fifty languages. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love - Sunday Telegraph on 'Honour' Moving, subtle and ultimately hopeful, Honour is further proof that Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years * Irish Times on 'Honour' *Įlif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience - Financial Times on 'The Architect's Apprentice' A powerful book thoughtful, provoking and compassionate - Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, on 'Honour' A brave and passionate novel - Paul Theroux on 'Bastard of Istanbul' Vivid storytelling.

Bidisha Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic. This is an absolutely consuming novel about women who know what they want, and a warning about the price we pay, written with the fluency and depth of an author at the very top of her game. It is a full-blown saga of emotion and character, straddling countries, cultures and languages, exploring its women's ambitions and desires and at the same time a steady-eyed examination of the nameless rules - of femininity, duty, belief and behaviour - that keep us in line and under control. Frances Osborne, bestselling author of The Bolter Shafak's topical 10th novel is both an interrogation and a defence of Muslim identity - Rebecca Rose * Financial Times * Luscious, heartbreaking, completely absorbing. In Three Daughters of Eve she takes us spine-tinglingly right under the skin of three women, exposing the strains of friendship through love and loss. Three Daughters of Eve is a remarkable accomplishment - Richard Holloway Elif Shafak's writing leaps off the page. Elif Shafak writes about religion without superficiality or special pleading, retaining a sense of its impossible possibility or its possible impossibility.

Her magnificent latest moves between Istanbul and Oxford in a fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and the devastating clash of tradition and modernity * Independent * A brilliant and moving novel. Ian Rankin An intelligent, fierce and beguiling read * Financial Times * A thoughtful, charming book that offers a connection to other worlds, perspectives and possibilities * Sunday Times * An intense, discursive and absorbing novel * Observer * One of the most important writers at work today, Elif Shafak eloquently explores Turkey's tumultuous present and past.

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