Romeo and Folia - Elif Shafak: 10 minutes 38 seconds
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On the table: Elif Shafak: 10 minutes 38 seconds
Description: One minute after her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to numb, so slowly and gradually, as the waves of the retreating tide subsided.
Because in the moments after death, while her body is lying in a trash can, Leila's mind brings back memories: the taste of spicy goat stew, celebrating the long-awaited birth of her little brother; the sight of the mushy lemon sugar resin used by women to depilate their legs while men went to the mosque; the smell of cardamos coffee, which she shared with a handsome college boy in the brothel where she worked. And every memory recalls the friends with whom he shared the most important moments of his life with the friends who are now desperately trying to find him... Elif Shafak's latest novel presents the exiles of modern Istanbul: prostitutes, transvestites, refugees, women fleeing domestic violence and living in fear of honor killing. But in this dark, cruel world, in which neither compassion nor help is given to those who do not accept the order of God, destiny, or powerful men, there is hope. Friendship and love, if not redeeming them from suffering, but giving them the dignity and joy that makes life possible, make man human. (moly.hu)
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