From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families

In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the “bastard” of the title, Asya, a nineteen-year-old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a tattoo parlor and is Asya's mother; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; Cevriye, a widowed high school teacher; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. Their one estranged brother lives in Arizona with his wife and her Armenian daughter, Armanoush. When Armanoush secretly flies to Istanbul in search of her identity, she finds the Kazanci sisters and becomes fast friends with Asya. A secret is uncovered that links the two families and ties them to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres. Full of vigorous, unforgettable female characters, The Bastard of Istanbul is a bold, powerful tale that will confirm Shafak as a rising star of international fiction.

埃利芙•沙法克（Elif Shafak）

土耳其小说家、专栏作家、演讲家和学者，以敢言著称。评论称她是“当代土耳其乃至世界文坛最与众不同的声音之一”。

沙法克用英语和土耳其语两种语言写作，已经出版12本书，其中8本是长篇小说，作品被翻译成39种语言。她突破类型，将东西方文学传统融进叙述中，讲述了无数关于女性、少数民族、亚文化、青年地球村人的故事。

她的首部小说《神秘主义者》获土耳其神秘文学最高荣誉鲁米奖。《凝视》获土耳其作家联盟最佳长篇小说奖。《跳蚤宫》进入英国《独立报》最佳外国小说短名单。

自传体作品《黑奶》讲述作为作家和为人母的艰难和美丽，获得评论界和读者的一致赞扬。《爱的四十条守则》在土耳其售出75万本，获法国外国文学特别奖，并入围IMPAC都柏林国际文学奖。最新长篇《荣誉》获得各年龄层各种背景读者的一致欢迎，同时入围曼•亚洲文学奖和女性文学奖。

除写小说外，沙法克还是著名的政治学学者，是欧盟外交关系委员会创始成员。她还在《经济学家》、《纽约时报》及土耳其国内媒体上开设专栏，计有专栏集三种。

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