THE ARCHITECTS APPRENTICE PENGUIN — ELIF SHAFAK
THE ARCHITECTS APPRENTICE PENGUIN
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THE ARCHITECTS APPRENTICE PENGUIN
ELIF SHAFAKThe Architect s Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul There were six of us the master the apprentices and the white elephant We built everything together 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 worldly possessions to his name except Chota a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan s court Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends gypsies animal tamers and the beautiful mischievous Princess Mihrimah He will journey on Chota s back to the furthest corners of the Sultan s kingdom and back again And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect Sinan a chance encounter destined to change Jahan s fortunes forever Filled with all the colour of the Ottoman Empire when Istanbul was the teeming centre of civilisation The Architect s Apprentice is a magical sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger Yayınevi PENGUIN BOOKS Yazar ELIF SHAFAK Dil İNGİLİZCE Sayfa Sayısı 456 SAYFA Yıl 2015
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From award winning writer Elif Shafak the Orange Prize long listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect s Apprentice The Gaze is a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of what it means to look and be looked at An obese woman and her lover a dwarf are sick of being stared at wherever they go and so decide to reverse roles The man goes out wearing make up and the woman draws a moustache on her face This elegant unforgettable novel explores our desire to look at others Beautifully evoked The Times Yayınevi PENGUIN BOOKS Yazar ELIF SHAFAK Dil İNGİLİZCE
Viking Adult
A beautiful and compelling novel that considers the damage which can be inflicted by our simple desire to look at others I didn t say anything I didn t return his smiles I looked at him in the wide mirror in front of where I was sitting He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes I hate those who think fat people are stupid An obese woman and her lover a dwarf are sick of being stared at wherever they go and so decide to reverse roles The man goes out wearing make up and the woman draws a moustache on her face But while the woman wants to hide away from the world the man meets the stares from passers by head on compiling his Dictionary of Gazes to explore the boundaries between appearance and reality Intertwined with the story of a bizarre freak show organized in Istanbul in the 1880s The Gaze considers the damage which can be inflicted by our simple desire to look at others