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Key ideas from the book
- The novel is set in Bonbon Palace, an apartment block in Istanbul.
- The building’s origins reach back to the end of the Tsarist reign.
- Its ten apartments are home to different individuals and their families.
- A close view of the residents presents their lives as both comic and tragic.
About Flea Palace by Elif Shafak
Once a stately apartment block in Istanbul, Bonbon Palace was built by Russian noble émigré Pavel Antipov for his wife, Agripina, at the end of the Tsarist reign. By the time of the story, the building is dilapidated and flea-infested, with ten individuals and their families living in its apartments.
Elif Shafak looks into each apartment, revealing the residents’ comic and tragic lives. The novel may interest readers of Turkish literature and fiction centered on the varied lives within a shared urban setting.
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