The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no wordly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare and valuable white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
Lushly and memorably magic-realist.. This is an extraordinarily skilfully crafted and ambitious narrative, with Shakespearean twists and turns, omens and enigmas, prophecies and destinies fulfilled. * Independent on 'Honour' *
Rich and wide as the Eupharates river along whose banks it begins and ends, Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story... I loved this book. -- Sarah Blake on 'Honour'
A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate -- Joanne Harris on 'Honour'
This is Shafak's most ambitious novel yet, and it is her best - told with a generous humanity that will surely realign attitudes both to the imaginative possibilities of fiction and to the constructed reality of the world around us. * Independent *
A gorgeous novel: worldly, intriguing, raucous yet elegant, teeming with love and cruelty--and brilliantly alive. -- A. D. Miller, author of the Booker shortlisted 'Snowdrops'
Rich and wide as the Eupharates river along whose banks it begins and ends, Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story... I loved this book. -- Sarah Blake on 'Honour'
A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate -- Joanne Harris on 'Honour'
This is Shafak's most ambitious novel yet, and it is her best - told with a generous humanity that will surely realign attitudes both to the imaginative possibilities of fiction and to the constructed reality of the world around us. * Independent *
A gorgeous novel: worldly, intriguing, raucous yet elegant, teeming with love and cruelty--and brilliantly alive. -- A. D. Miller, author of the Booker shortlisted 'Snowdrops'
Elif Shafak is one of today's most influential international writers and intellectuals who straddle East and West. She is the acclaimed author of ten novels including The Architect's Apprentice and The Bastard of Istanbul, and is the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her work has been translated into over forty languages and she has been awarded the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. She is also a public speaker, a women's and LGBT rights activist and a commentator who regularly contributes to world publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel and La Repubblica. Elif has been longlisted for the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award, and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. She lives in London and can be found at www.elifshafak.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241004913 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241004918 |
| Title | The Architect's Apprentice |
| Author | Elif Shafak |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-11-06 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Ondaatje Prize 2015 |
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