10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world, Elif Shafak
Type
Classification
1
Creator
1
Content
2
Author
1
Label
10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world, Elif Shafak
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world
Responsibility statement
Elif Shafak
Summary
Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory- growing up with her father and his two 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 - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her..
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Ten minutes thirty-eight seconds in this strange world
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1