Elif Afak (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elif Shafak, is an award-winning writer and the most widely read writer in Turkey. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages. She blends Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling to generate fiction that is both local and universal. Her work draws on diverse cultures and literary traditions, as well as deep interest in history, philosophy, oral culture, and cultural politics. Shafak's writing breaks down categories, cliches, and cultural ghettoes, bringing out the multiple stories of minorities, immigrants, women, subcultures and global souls. She also has a keen eye for black humor, as well as spirituality, Sufism and Ottoman culture, with "a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul."