10 daqaiq wa 38 thaniyah fi hadha al-alam al-gharib : riwāyah
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Author
Contributors
Darwīsh, Muḥammad, translator.
Published
Bayrūt : Dār al-Ādāb, 2020.
Status
Franklin Ave. Library - World Languages Fiction - Adult
Arabic Shafak, E.
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Arabic Shafak, E.
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Published
Bayrūt : Dār al-Ādāb, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
ara
Notes
General Note
"Booker prize 2019 -- shortlisted "--Cover
General Note
Novel.
Description
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...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her
Language
In Arabic.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shafak, E., & Darwīsh, M. (2020). 10 daqaiq wa 38 thaniyah fi hadha al-alam al-gharib: riwāyah (al-Ṭabʻah al-ūlá.). Dār al-Ādāb.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971- and Muḥammad, Darwīsh. 2020. 10 Daqaiq Wa 38 Thaniyah Fi Hadha Al-alam Al-gharib: Riwāyah. Dār al-Ādāb.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971- and Muḥammad, Darwīsh. 10 Daqaiq Wa 38 Thaniyah Fi Hadha Al-alam Al-gharib: Riwāyah Dār al-Ādāb, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, and Muḥammad Darwīsh. 10 Daqaiq Wa 38 Thaniyah Fi Hadha Al-alam Al-gharib: Riwāyah al-Ṭabʻah al-ūlá., Dār al-Ādāb, 2020.
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