Elif Shafak

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Elif Shafak is an acclaimed British-Turkish novelist and public intellectual.
She has authored seventeen books, including eleven novels, translated into fifty languages.
Shafak writes in both Turkish and English, addressing themes of cultural identity, feminism, and spirituality.
She holds a PhD in political science and has taught at universities in Turkey, the US, and the UK. Shafak is a passionate advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights, and freedom of speech.
She has given two TED Global talks and contributes to major publications worldwide.
Shafak has received numerous awards and accolades for her literary and humanitarian work.

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The Forty Rules of Love

avtor Elif Shafak • 2009

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

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

The Forty Rules of Love

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

avtor Elif Shafak 2009 355 strani

4.11

200.000+ ocen

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

Otok izgubljenih dreves

avtor Elif Shafak • 2021

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

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

Otok izgubljenih dreves

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

avtor Elif Shafak 2021 354 strani

4.15

100.000+ ocen

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

There Are Rivers in the Sky

avtor Elif Shafak • 2024

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

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🕰️ 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2024 446 strani

4.34

94.000+ ocen

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

The Bastard of Istanbul

avtor Elif Shafak • 2006

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

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🏠 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2006 368 strani

3.88

66.000+ ocen

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

Three Daughters of Eve

avtor 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2016 384 strani

3.82

33.000+ ocen

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

Honour

avtor 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2011 342 strani

4.15

27.000+ ocen

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

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

avtor 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2020 45 strani

3.95

8.000+ ocen

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

The Flea Palace

avtor 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.

avtor Elif Shafak 2002 448 strani

3.39

7.000+ ocen

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

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