A powerful, sweeping tale of faith, love and friendship set across Istanbul and Oxford.
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker, each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website- www.elifshafak.com
A terrific book. Poetic, poignant, trenchant.
*Ian Rankin*
An intelligent, fierce and beguiling read
*Financial Times*
A thoughtful, charming book that offers a connection to other
worlds, perspectives and possibilities
*Sunday Times*
An intense, discursive and absorbing novel
*Observer*
One of the most important writers at work today, Elif Shafak
eloquently explores Turkey's tumultuous present and past. Her
magnificent latest moves between Istanbul and Oxford in a
fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and
the devastating clash of tradition and modernity
*Independent*
A brilliant and moving novel. Elif Shafak writes about religion
without superficiality or special pleading, retaining a sense of
its impossible possibility or its possible impossibility. Three
Daughters of Eve is a remarkable accomplishment
*Richard Holloway*
Elif Shafak's writing leaps off the page. In Three Daughters of Eve
she takes us spine-tinglingly right under the skin of three women,
exposing the strains of friendship through love and loss. An
utterly engrossing read.
*Frances Osborne, bestselling author of The Bolter*
Shafak's topical 10th novel is both an interrogation and a defence
of Muslim identity
*Financial Times*
Luscious, heartbreaking, completely absorbing. It is a full-blown
saga of emotion and character, straddling countries, cultures and
languages, exploring its women's ambitions and desires; and at the
same time a steady-eyed examination of the nameless rules - of
femininity, duty, belief and behaviour - that keep us in line and
under control. This is an absolutely consuming novel about women
who know what they want, and a warning about the price we pay,
written with the fluency and depth of an author at the very top of
her game.
*Bidisha*
Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all
good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience
*Financial Times on 'The Architect's Apprentice'*
A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate
*Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, on 'Honour'*
A brave and passionate novel
*Paul Theroux on 'Bastard of Istanbul'*
Vivid storytelling... that explores the darkest aspects of faith
and love
*Sunday Telegraph on 'Honour'*
Moving, subtle and ultimately hopeful, Honour is further proof that
Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western
readers in years
*Irish Times on 'Honour'*
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