How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020. It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of ...
Non abbiate paura
Il racconto è un'attività identitaria del genere umano, tanto antica quanto irrinunciabile per una specie, la nostra, ...
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
"'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide ...
Three Daughters of Eve
*As mentioned on BBC's Desert Island Discs*'A fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and the de...
The Architect's Apprentice
From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empi...
Honour by Elif Shafak
Pembe and Adem Toprak leave Turkey for London. There they make new lives for their family. Yet the traditions and belief...
Black Milk by Elif Shafak
An acclaimed Turkish novelist's personal account of balancing a writer's life with a mother's life. After the birth of...
The Happiness of Blond People
The Happiness of Blond People by bestselling, multi-award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbu...
The Forty Rules of Love
Listen to Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love reviewed on NPR In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, ...
Firarperest by Elif Shafak
Collection of non-fiction essays covering a range of topics, including women, sexuality, marriage, patriarchy, freedom a...
The Bastard of Istanbul
From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families In her s...
The Gaze by Elif Shafak
"An enchanting combination of compassion and cruelty...Elif Shafak is the best author to come out of Turkey in the last ...
The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak
"She has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul, where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are stil...
The Saint of Incipient Insanities
Omer, Abed and Piyu are roommates, foreigners all recently arrived in the United States. Omer, from Istanbul, is a Ph.D....