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10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world

Elif Shafak
ID 358106
Slug 10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world-elif-shafak
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Author : Elif Shafak
Annotation
Description 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... 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 while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her...
Bestseller 60
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Penguin UK
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Language eng
Page count 320
Duration
Publication date first 2019-06-30
Publication date latest 2020-08-30
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  • ISBN: 9780241293874 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9780241979464 (BC)

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