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DESCRIPTION:Conversation w/ Elif Shafak, Turkish-British Writer, Speaker, Academic 
 \n\nNovel: "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World" \nNamed a Best 
 Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The 
 Economist\n\nSaturday, December 19, 2020 @ Noon PT \n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elif-shafak-tickets-130129202949\n\n\n"10 
 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World"  is a moving novel on the power 
 of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer 
 and speaker Elif Shafak. The novel's themes touch on female & cultural 
 identity, violence against women & trafficking, \nMiddle Eastern culture, 
 Armenian & Yazidis genocide, but also love and human connection in finding 
 one's chosen family, and much more. \n\nIn the pulsating moments after she 
 has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila 
 enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but 
 her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun 
 rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life-and the 
 lives of others, outcasts like her.\n\nTequila Leila's memories bring us 
 back to her childhood in the provinces, a highly oppressive milieu with 
 religion and traditions, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and 
 an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul, Leila makes her 
 way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking, finding a home in the 
 city's historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark, violent world, but 
 Leila is tough and open to beauty, light, and the essential bonds of 
 friendship.\n\nIn Tequila Leila's death, the secrets and wonders of modern 
 Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how 
 Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the 
 afterlife comes to an end, it is her chosen family who brings her story to 
 a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion.\n\n\nABOUT: Elif 
 Shafak\n\nhttps://www.elifsafak.com.tr/home\n\nElif Shafak is an 
 award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and 
 English, and has published 18 books, 11 of which are novels. Her work has 
 been translated into 54 languages. Her latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds 
 in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje 
 Prize; and chosen Blackwell's Book of the Year. Her previous novel, The 
 Forty Rules of Love was chosen by BBC among 100 Novels that Shaped Our 
 World. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at 
 various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's 
 College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow.\n\nShe is a 
 member of Weforum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding 
 member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations). An advocate for 
 women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring 
 public speaker and twice TED Global speaker. Shafak contributes to major 
 publications around the world and she was awarded the medal of Chevalier de 
 l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of 
 Literature. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people 
 "who will give you a much needed lift of the heart". Shafak has judged 
 numerous literary prizes, and chaired the Wellcome Prize and is presently 
 judging the Orwell Prize.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/01/18838744.php
SUMMARY:Conversation w/ Elif Shafak, Turkish-British Writer, Speaker, Academic (City Lights Books)
LOCATION:Online event
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/01/18838744.php
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