The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Alone on this tiny ship

Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space

a story unequaled in fantasy literature

Written with wit

t matter how beautiful or charming she is

The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Alone on this tiny shipFrom 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