{"product_id":"the-bastard-of-istanbul-9780143112716","title":"The Bastard of Istanbul","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"vivid and entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forty Rules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Architect's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turkish version of Amy Tan's \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003e--USA Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As an Armenian American living in San Francisco, Armanoush feels like part of her identity is missing and that she must make a journey back to the past, to Turkey, in order to start living her life. Asya is a nineteen-year-old woman living in an extended all-female household in Istanbul who loves Jonny Cash and the French existentialists. \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard of Istanbul \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of their two families--and a secret connection linking them to a violent event in the history of their homeland. Filed with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it, and about Turkey itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143112716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elif Shafak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634905477276,"sku":"9780143112716","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d1bda0d2-ae04-4294-8f40-4651d82497c0.jpg?v=1603837972","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bastard-of-istanbul-9780143112716","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}