The Architect's Apprentice
Autor Elif Shafaken Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 apr 2015
A dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author of10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...'
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota's back to the furthest corners of the Sultan's kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan's fortunes forever.
Filled with all the colour of the Ottoman Empire, when Istanbul was the teeming centre of civilisation,The Architect's Apprenticeis a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger.
'A gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance'The Times
'Shafak's most ambitious novel yet her best - generous and imaginative'Independent
'Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience'Financial Times
'Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power'Sunday Times
'Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written'Observer
'Sumptuous, absorbing, moving'Independent on Sunday
Elif Shafak's latest novelThe Island of Missing Treesis available for pre-order now
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241970942
ISBN-10: 0241970946
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241970946
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii de la cititorii Books Express
Anca Iordachescu a dat nota:
Foarte mult mi-a placut povestea imaginata de Elif Shafak pe fundalul istoric al unei perioade din Imperiul Otoman, secolul 15-16. Ucenicia dintre Jahan, un baiat indian umil, imblanzitorul unui elefant alb, si arhitectul Sinan (Mimar Sinan in realitate) reflecta foarte bine o relatie de mentorat in arhitectura. Deseori, metafora arhitectura - viata m-a lasat inmarmurita, asa cum a fost descrisa (in limba engleza cel putin) de autoare. Un roman captivant, cu iz oriental, ce merita citit!
Notă biografică
Elif
Shafak
is
an
award-winning
British-Turkish
novelist
and
the
most
widely
read
female
author
in
Turkey.
She
writes
in
both
Turkish
and
English,
and
has
published
seventeen
books,
eleven
of
which
are
novels.
Her
work
has
been
translated
into
fifty
languages.
Shafak
holds
a
PhD
in
political
science
and
she
has
taught
at
various
universities
in
Turkey,
the
US
and
the
UK,
including
St
Anne's
College,
Oxford
University,
where
she
is
an
honorary
fellow.
She
is
a
member
of
World
Economic
Forum
Global
Agenda
Council
on
Creative
Economy
and
a
founding
member
of
the
European
Council
on
Foreign
Relations
(ECFR).
An
advocate
for
women's
rights,
LGBT
rights
and
freedom
of
speech,
Shafak
is
an
inspiring
public
speaker
and
twice
a
TED
global
speaker,
each
time
receiving
a
standing
ovation.
Shafak
contributes
to
many
major
publications
around
the
world
and
she
has
been
awarded
the
title
of
Chevalier
des
Arts
et
des
Lettres.
In
2017
she
was
chosen
by
Politico
as
one
of
the
twelve
people
who
would
make
the
world
better.
She
has
judged
numerous
literary
prizes
and
is
chairing
the
Wellcome
Prize
2019.
Find
out
more
about
Elif
Shafak
on
her
website:
www.elifshafak.com
Recenzii
A
gorgeous
picture
of
a
city
teeming
with
secrets,
intrigue
and
romance
Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience
Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power
Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written
Sumptuous, absorbing, moving
Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience
Fascinating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power
Intricate, multi-layered, resplendent, vividly evoked, beautifully written
Sumptuous, absorbing, moving
Descriere
When Jahan travels to 16th-century Istanbul as a stowaway carrying the gift of a white elephant for the sultan, little does he know the journey on which he is about to embark. As he settles into life in Istanbul, Jahan's fortunes are shaped by chance encounters. In the palace gardens he meets Mihrimah, the beautiful and mischievous princess, and loses his heart in an instant.
Later he catches the eye of Grand Architect Sinan, who chooses Jahan as his apprentice and changes the young boy's destiny for ever. Full of magic, colour and societal upheaval in the architectural renaissance of Turkey, this is the sweeping tale of plagues, wars, forbidden romance and the simple love between a boy and his elephant.