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From-one-of-Turkey’s-most-acclaimed-and-outspoken-writers,-a-novel-about-the-tangled-histories-of-two-families.In-her-second-novel-written-in-English,-Elif-Shafak-confronts-her-country’s-violent-past-in-a-vivid-and-colorful-tale-set-in-both-Turkey-and-the-United-States.-At-its-center-is-the-“bastard”-of-the-title,-Asya,-a-nineteen-year-old-woman-who-loves-Johnny-Cash-and-the-French-Existentialists,-and-the-four-sisters-of-the-Kazanci-family-who-all-live-together-in-an-extended-household-in-Istanbul:-Zehila,-the-zestful,-headstrong-youngest-sister-who-runs-a-tattoo-parlor-and-is-Asya’s-mother;-Banu,-who-has-newly-discovered-herself-as-a-clairvoyant;-Cevriye,-a-widowed-high-school-teacher;-and-Feride,-a-hypochondriac-obsessed-with-impending-disaster.-Their-one-estranged-brother-lives-in-Arizona-with-his-wife-and-her-Armenian-daughter,-Armanoush.-When-Armanoush-secretly-flies-to-Istanbul-in-search-of-her-identity,-she-finds-the-Kazanci-sisters-and-becomes-fast-friends-with-Asya.-A-secret-is-uncovered-that-links-the-two-families-and-ties-them-to-the-1915-Armenian-deportations-and-massacres.-Full-of-vigorous,-unforgettable-female-characters,-The-Bastard-of-Istanbul-is-a-bold,-powerful-tale-that-will-confirm-Shafak-as-a-rising-star-of-international-fiction.
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