10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world
Shafak, Elif, 1971-2019
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Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory: growing up with her father and his wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - friends who are now desperately trying to find her.
Main title:
10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / Elif Shafak.
Author:
Shafak, Elif, 1971-, author
Imprint:
UK : Viking, 2019.
Collation:
311 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780241293867 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1211407
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