The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak Fiction he wrote almost no music

he wrote almost no music and quickly had to reinvent himself as a f�ted virtuoso pianist

I ask myself a question which I cannot answer

they've reached breaking point

a narrator first speaks directly

The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak Fiction he wrote almost no musicA gripping and beautiful novel from Elif Shafak, Booker shortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange WorldOne 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 will change her life, and the lives of everyone around her. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family