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"'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away ... ' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her."--Publisher description
Acquisto del libro
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, Elif Shafak
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2019
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- (Copertina rigida)
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Elif Shafak
- Editore
- Viking
- Pubblicato
- 2019
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- ISBN10
- 0241293863
- ISBN13
- 9780241293867
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Amore, Famiglia, Donne, Narrativa contemporanea, Amicizia, Omicidi, Morte, Romanzi sociali, Vita, Memorie, Romanzi psicologici, Prostituzione, Turchia, Letteratura Turca, Lingua Turca, Emarginato, Case di tolleranza
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2019
- Titolo originale
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
- Valutazione
- 4,1 su 5
- Descrizione
- "'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away ... ' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her."--Publisher description