10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / Elif Shafak.
'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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1635574471
- ISBN: 1635575818
- ISBN: 9781635574470
- ISBN: 9781635575811
- ISBN: 9780241293867
- ISBN: 9780241293874
- Physical Description: 313 pages : illustration, map ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in 2019 in Great Britain by Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso "Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize"--Jacket |
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| Genre: | Novels. Psychological fiction. |
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- 26 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | F SHAFAK (Text) | 33114018215434 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
