Publisher: | Marion Boyars |
Genres: | Contemporary Fiction |
Authors: | Elif Shafak |
Pages: | 444 pages |
ISBN10: | 0714531200 |
ISBN13: | 9780714531205 |
Tags: | Contemporary Fiction, Free Download, PDF Download |
Language: | en |
Physical Form: | PDF Book |
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"She has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul, where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are still in tangled evidence on every family tree."--The New York Times Book Review
Set within a once-stately apartment block in Istanbul, The Flea Palace tells the story of Bonbon Palace, built by Russian noble �migr� Pavel Antipov for his wife Agripina at the end of the Tsarist reign. It is now sadly dilapidated, flea-infested, and home to ten very different individuals and their families. Elif Shafak gives us a bird's-eye insight into each apartment, and we see their comic and tragic lives unfold.