10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World: MINT SIGNED LAST LINED and PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION

Elif Shafak

ISBN 10: 0241293863 / ISBN 13: 9780241293867

Published by Viking, 2019

About this Item

A mint first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread gift condition, SIGNED, LAST LINED 'Still in flux' and Publication Day DATED 06.06.2019 by Elif Shafak to the title page. An outstanding copy of the rather elusive first printing and scarce to find with these superb attributes. BOXED DESPATCH. Seller Inventory # ABE-1571239731626

Bibliographic Details

Title: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World:...

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour - available for pre-order now

'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. . .

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