Ella Rubinsteinová má manžela, tři dospívající děti a přijemný domov, zkrátka vše, co by z ní mělo dělat sebevědomou a spokojenou ženu. Přesto však Ella cítí ve svém životě prázdno – prázdno, které bylo kdysi vyplněné láskou... Zobraziť viac
Celosvetovo úspešná turecká autorka Elif Shafak vo svojich knihách spája tradície Východu a Západu, búra vžité náboženské stereotypy a vytvára priestor pre všetky... Zobraziť viac
There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood... Zobraziť viac
When Jahan travels to 16th-century Istanbul as a stowaway carrying the gift of a white elephant for the sultan, little does he know the journey on which he is about to embark... Zobraziť viac
For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs ... Zobraziť viac
Black Milk is the affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing by Turkey's bestselling female writer Elif Shafak, author of Honour, The Gaze and The Bastard of Istanbul which was long-listed for the Orange prize... Zobraziť viac
Viking: Winner of the Union of Turkish Writers' Best Novel Prize, Elif Shafak explores what it is to look and be looked at... Zobraziť viac
Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love... Zobraziť viac
From the Orange Prize long-listed and award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak, Honour is a novel of love, betrayal and a clash of cultures... Zobraziť viac
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I want an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old, and unmarried. What happens that afternoon is to change her life, and the lives of everyone around her... Zobraziť viac
Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground... Zobraziť viac
There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure... Zobraziť viac
For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; ... Zobraziť viac
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent – and... Zobraziť viac
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. The taverna is the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands ... Zobraziť viac
