Elif Shafak
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.99 | 13631 Users | 1868 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Ustam ve Ben |
| ISBN: | 052542797X (ISBN13: 9780525427971) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Istanbul(Turkey) |
| Literary Awards: | The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Nominee (2015), Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015) |
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From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire In her latest novel, Elif Shafak spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan’s menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan’s beautiful daughter, Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire’s chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota’s help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history. Yet even as they build Sinan’s triumphant masterpieces—the incredible Suleymaniye and Selimiye mosques—dangerous undercurrents begin to emerge, with jealousy erupting among Sinan’s four apprentices. A memorable story of artistic freedom, creativity, and the clash between science and fundamentalism, Shafak’s intricate novel brims with vibrant characters, intriguing adventure, and the lavish backdrop of the Ottoman court, where love and loyalty are no match for raw power.List Appertaining To Books The Architect's Apprentice
| Title | : | The Architect's Apprentice |
| Author | : | Elif Shafak |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | March 31st 2015 by Viking (first published December 13th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Novels |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 13631 Users | 1868 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Architect's Apprentice
THIS BOOK WAS SO FREAKING GOOD!! I DIDN'T HESITATE NOT EVEN FOR A MOMENT WHEN I DECIDED TO GIVE IT 5 STARS THIS IS MY FAVORITE READ OF THE YEAR. THIS WAS A JUST A MAGICAL READ THAT CONTAINED EVERYTHING I WISH FOR IN A BOOKTHERE IS ZERO FLAW IN THIS BOOK!!!!! ZERO PEOPLE so now that I've calmed. the story follows the life of an Indian boy named Jahan who escapes, with an elephant, his abusive stepfather to Istanbul. Jahan was many things but mostly he was a Mahout first and Architect second. in aIf this a memoir then it would be a perfect journey of Jahan Khan Rumi. Taking my sweet time with the reading, delving in with every words-- before Jahan became the apprentice to an apprentice, love and sorrow, desire and jealousy, the life of the king from the start to the end. Every chapter and paragraph was written so beautiful, it feels like Chota was mine as well. I love the part when Jahan was taken to the dungeons of the Fortress of Seven Towers where he accidentally met Balaban again--
Wow! I haven't read such wonderfully detailed and realistic historical fiction in a pretty long time. The Architect's Apprentice follows the story of Jahan, a young boy from India who sets out to escape his stepfather and seek his fortune. He ends up in Istanbul and falls in love - with an elephant, a princess, an architect, and a city. The narrative flows along delightfully from one story to another, one character to the other. The relationships ebb and flow as Jahan finds one adventure after
Episodic. Informative, often fun, but still episodicMy wife, who has been reading this in tandem with me for a book club, made the most generous and perceptive remark. Shafak is obviously channeling an earlier tradition of oral storytelling, she said, and her book should be judged accordingly. She is right. This sprawling story of Jahan, an Indian boy who arrives in Istanbul at the height of the Ottoman Empire as the mahout for a white elephant and stays to become a favored apprentice of the
The Architect's Apprentice is the latest historical novel by Turkish author Elif Shafak The author said that that a 1559 painting of Sultan Sulieman standing, an elephant in the background was the inspiration of the novel. The story goes as the indian boy Jahan sneaks into a ship that traveled to istanbul to deliver an "elephant" a gift from the Maharaja to the Sultan. Then he became the tamer of the elephant at the Sultan's Palace. The elephant then joins the chief Ottoman Architect Sinan, to
The Architect's Apprentice is the latest historical novel by Turkish author Elif Shafak The author said that that a 1559 painting of Sultan Sulieman standing, an elephant in the background was the inspiration of the novel. The story goes as the indian boy Jahan sneaks into a ship that traveled to istanbul to deliver an "elephant" a gift from the Maharaja to the Sultan. Then he became the tamer of the elephant at the Sultan's Palace. The elephant then joins the chief Ottoman Architect Sinan, to
What can I say about Elif Shafak other than a beautiful writer who sucks the reader into her stories regardless of the setting.... Having read a third book by Shafak, her versatility as an author has been proven. A must-read.
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