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In this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi's timeless message of love
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Earnest, grave, warm and character-led.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Elif Şafak
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Viking, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143118527
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About Elif Şafak · 1971
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