8/10/2013 - Book Shop Galeri Kayseri
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul is a "shocking, ambitious, exuberant" novel about a family in contemporary Istanbul. Among all the books by the most respected Turkish authors, the clerk recommended The Bastard of Istanbul as the best picture of contemporary Istanbul.
Though clearly catering to tourists, Book Shop Galeri Kayseri was the best of 3 English language bookstores I visited. The other two bookstores were either "sold out" of the major works of Shafak and Pamuk, or it looked like they hadn't added any new English language book to their shelves in the last 20 years.
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