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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

By: Elif Shafak
Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
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'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...'

For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her. . .

'Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, all in Shafak's haunting, beautiful and considered prose' Vanity Fair

'Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative' Pandora Sykes

*Elif Shafak's latest novel The Island of Missing Trees is available now*

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This is one of the best novels I have read it listened to in my life. A wonderful story by a wonderful writer. Full of compassion, depth of understanding and brilliant characters.

This should have won the Booker

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Loved this book love this writer, such an incredible storyteller 🌿 look forward to reading more by her

Loved ♥️

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A story in history and in love. Just love Elif Shafak’s story telling and the narrator. I want to read all her stories

Wonderful storytelling

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Beautifully read, this was a wonderful picture of life for the common social outliers of Istanbul. Kinda dreamy to begin with, as the rhythm of introductions emerged, I was hooked. One of the best Audible books I've purchased.

Scintillating, Fascinating Characters

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loved loved loved this book! original and so we’ll written and read. I was sad to finish it

superb

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I loved this story, - the writing, storytelling, local details & how it reignited my Istanbul memories… ✨👌

Beautiful story

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A glorious, stunning in fact, exquisitely written by one of the greatest story tellers of our generation. Grateful to have friendship revealed through the experience of a group.of friends 🧡 which is an experience so layered and rich, that real love is the only explanation.

deep dive into friendship

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Sorrowfully beautiful and captivating - difficult at times due to the subject-matter, but highly worthwhile and illuminating.

Impactful

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The author has a talent for telling stories. The book started with an interesting idea but apart for the first part it seemed that the author was scrambling to fill the pages with so many details that are quite irrelevant to the story line. Not sure what she was going for but kept reading in the hopes of reaching a peak or epiphany but neither happened.

Interesting beginning but dragged ending

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Narration was perfect, characters perfect, Istanbul amazing, story just so original, loved all of it!

Original and fabulous story

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