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020 _a9781440635847
024 _a859533084
050 _aPS3619.H328
082 _a813.6
100 1 _aElif Shafak
245 1 _aThe Bastard of Istanbul
260 _bPenguin
300 _a368 pages
520 _aPopulated with vibrant characters, The Bastard of Istanbul is the story of two families, one Turkish and one Armenian American, and their struggle to forge their unique identities against the backdrop of Turkey's violent history. Filled with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the tension between the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it.
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