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Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize
Named a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The Economist
A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak.
In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heighte...
Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize
Named a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The Economist
A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak.
In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active―for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life―and the lives of others, outcasts like her.
Tequila Leila’s memories bring us back to her childhood in the provinces, a highly oppressive milieu with religion and traditions, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul, Leila makes her way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking, finding a home in the city’s historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark, violent world, but Leila is tough and open to beauty, light, and the essential bonds of friendship.
In Tequila Leila’s death, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the afterlife comes to an end, it is her chosen family who brings her story to a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion.
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Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels, and her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including Oxford University, where she is an h...
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels, and her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. She is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the 12 people “who will give you a much needed lift of the heart.” www.elifshafak.com
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没有名字的我们,在月光下追逐自由

对那些在月光下继续唱着自由之歌的女人来说,心灵的界限根本算不上什么……

再没有什么比自由更能抚慰人心
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“破坏者”——莱拉给思南的期望绰号。他也是最终的破坏者,打破规则与桎梏,打破这个被死者统治的城市,打破了所有捆缚着她和他周身的枷锁。他孤注一掷,无惧瞄准他的枪口,奋力将她抛入大海。莱拉保持着死亡的姿态飞向重生。那一刻,在裹尸布里的莱拉应该拥有了此生最舒服惬... (展开)
“水浓于血”?主题浅了点!可深挖的不止于此!

文化意义上的麻风病人,失落、脆弱、不自信的爱
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我惊讶于译者的功力深厚,无数紧挨着的押韵的句子必定经过精心打磨;我惊讶于这位作家是如此擅用比喻,而且埋藏细节。 比喻是杂碎的短语,只提最打动我的那一个吧:“不受欢迎的人,一无是处的人和身份不明的人……社会贱民。文化意义上的麻风病人。” 再说一说细节吧。 比方说... (展开)
As a woman , I have no city.
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在书店的遇见。被开篇的“龙舌兰莱拉”以及“奇异世界的10分38秒”的设定所打动,读完之后也确实没有失望。是女性视角独有的细腻。 整书分为两部分,上半部是莱拉的记忆,在10分38秒里随着各种气味唤起的记忆。莱拉的一生就是悲剧的一生。而这悲剧追溯到她的母亲,十几岁就成为... (展开)
虚构的故事,真实的伊斯坦布尔
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