Elif Shafak

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Elif Shafak est une romancière et intellectuelle publique britannique d'origine turque, reconnue pour son œuvre.
Elle a écrit dix-sept livres, dont onze romans, traduits en cinquante langues.
Shafak s'exprime en turc et en anglais, abordant des thèmes tels que l'identité culturelle, le féminisme et la spiritualité.
Titulaire d'un doctorat en sciences politiques, elle a enseigné dans des universités en Turquie, aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni.
Shafak est une fervente défenseure des droits des femmes, des droits LGBT et de la liberté d'expression.
Elle a donné deux conférences TED Global et contribue à des publications majeures à travers le monde.
Son travail littéraire et humanitaire lui a valu de nombreux prix et distinctions.

Livres de Elif Shafak

Soufi, mon amour

par Elif Shafak • 2009

A housewife reads a novel about Rumi and a dervish, then her orderly life unravels.

4.11

200 000+

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Forbidden Connection 🌸 Midlife Awakening ✨ Mystical Partnership

Soufi, mon amour

A housewife reads a novel about Rumi and a dervish, then her orderly life unravels.

par Elif Shafak 2009 355 pages

4.11

200 000+ évaluations

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Forbidden Connection 🌸 Midlife Awakening ✨ Mystical Partnership

L'île aux arbres disparus

par Elif Shafak • 2021

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

4.15

100 000+

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

L'île aux arbres disparus

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

par Elif Shafak 2021 354 pages

4.15

100 000+ évaluations

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

There Are Rivers in the Sky

par Elif Shafak • 2024

A Thames mudlark with a perfect memory carries a raindrop's ancient secret into the British Museum.

4.34

94 000+

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 📜 Gilgamesh Legacy 🤍 Cultural Erasure 🖤 Memory And Trauma 🏺 Ancient Mythology

There Are Rivers in the Sky

A Thames mudlark with a perfect memory carries a raindrop's ancient secret into the British Museum.

par Elif Shafak 2024 446 pages

4.34

94 000+ évaluations

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 📜 Gilgamesh Legacy 🤍 Cultural Erasure 🖤 Memory And Trauma 🏺 Ancient Mythology

The Bastard of Istanbul

par Elif Shafak • 2006

A Turkish family of women hides a curse, a secret their Armenian-American guest means to uncover.

3.88

66 000+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🌍 Diaspora Identity ✨ Magical Realism Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Hidden Parentage

The Bastard of Istanbul

A Turkish family of women hides a curse, a secret their Armenian-American guest means to uncover.

par Elif Shafak 2006 368 pages

3.88

66 000+ évaluations

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🌍 Diaspora Identity ✨ Magical Realism Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Hidden Parentage

Three Daughters of Eve

par Elif Shafak • 2016

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

3.82

33 000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

Three Daughters of Eve

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

par Elif Shafak 2016 384 pages

3.82

33 000+ évaluations

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

Honour

par Elif Shafak • 2011

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

4.15

27 000+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

Honour

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

par Elif Shafak 2011 342 pages

4.15

27 000+ évaluations

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

par Elif Shafak • 2020

We have never been more connected, nor more divided. Storytelling, not information, is the bridge.

3.95

8 000+

🗳️ Political Division 🤝 Civic Engagement 🔁 Echo Chambers 📚 Narrative Empathy 💬 Emotional Honesty

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

We have never been more connected, nor more divided. Storytelling, not information, is the bridge.

par Elif Shafak 2020 45 pages

3.95

8 000+ évaluations

🗳️ Political Division 🤝 Civic Engagement 🔁 Echo Chambers 📚 Narrative Empathy 💬 Emotional Honesty

The Flea Palace

par Elif Shafak • 2002

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

3.39

7 000+

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🎭 Eccentric Neighbors 🏚️ Urban Decay

The Flea Palace

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

par Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages

3.39

7 000+ évaluations

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🎭 Eccentric Neighbors 🏚️ Urban Decay

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