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There Are Rivers in The Sky

BY ROGER WATSON The mistress of magical realism has struck again. Elif Shafak’s latest novel There Are Rivers in The Sky is a masterpiece. Perhaps, given her feminist credentials, that ought to be a ‘misstresspiece’. As intriguing as anything in her output to date, like most of her novels, this is rooted in her own Turkish culture. The novel has three characters separated in space … Continue reading There Are Rivers in The Sky

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The Island of Missing Trees

BY ROGER WATSON Elif Shafak is a Turkish feminist writer. A contemporary of Turkey’s ‘man of letters’ Orhan Pamuk, and, like Pamuk, persecuted by the present Turkish government, she chooses to live in England. Pamuk, on the other hand, under constant armed guard, chooses to remain in Istanbul. Being an outspoken writer in Turkey is a dangerous business. The topics covered by Shafak are wide … Continue reading The Island of Missing Trees

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