SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'Expect vibrant, vivid a oko-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life prepelled by a tender storyline, all v Shafak's haunting, krásne a considered prose' Vanity Fair'Incredibly sensuou uplifting... truly beautiful writing' Nicola Sturgeon'V prvých týždňoch nasledujúcim jej death, Tequila Leila's Consciousness began na ebb, slowly a steadily, ako a tide receding z pobrežia...'For Leila, each minute po jej dea a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by jej otec to oslavuje narodeniny pre yearned-for son; bubbling guľa z citrónu a cukru vo wax ženy nohy while men are at prayer; the cardamom káva she shares with handsome študent in the brothel where she works. Každý sledujúc memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet život - friends ktoré sú teraz desperately trying to find her . . .'Simply magnificent, a truly zlepšujúca prácu imminse power and beauty, na esencii života a jeho konca' Philippe Sands'Elif Shafak brings do ozajstné reálne, čo si veľa iných chcel doleva mimo. Spend more than minúty a 38 sekúnd v tomto svete estranged. Shafak má nový domov pre nás v slovách' Colum McCann 'Elif Shafak's extraordinary 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World is work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness' Simon Schama' rich, sensual novel... This is a novel že dáva ľuďom, aby sa invisible, untouchable, abusovaný a damaged, weaving ich jemné piesne do tejto krásy.&#039 ; Financial Times'One najlepších písateľov vo svete dnes' Hanif Kureishi 'Haunting, moving, beautifully written. A masterpiece' Peter Frankopan 'Extraordinary' Guardian'Life-affirming' Stylist Elif Shafak's latest noviel The Island of Missing Trees