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 EmpireIn 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.
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| Title | : | The Architect's Apprentice |
| Author | : | Elif Shafak |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special 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 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books The Architect's Apprentice
It's odd how faces, solid and visible as they are, evaporate, while words, made of breath, stay. It's pretty amazing how soothing and melancholic Elif shafak's books are...they all remind me of a forlorn lullaby hummed by a mother to her sick child on a cold wintry day."Yes, why would anyone be ashamed of love?"If every book was beautiful like this one, I would never stop reading, and I'd make sure everyone reads them. Elif Shafak made me speechless again. This book is too wonderful. There are so many emotions in the book. It was so interesting to read about Sinan and all other characters. After I finished reading the book, I started to read it again. And, here I am, having read it twice in a few days, finding no words to describe how good it was.The book is
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
I saw this novel reviewed pretty glowingly, in the New York Times. I love historical fiction and I haven't read much on 16th Century Istanbul, so I was excited to give it a try. I started to read and was immediately captivated by the introduction, where Jahan (our Architect's Apprentice) has witnessed the disposal of a number of bodies at the palace where he lives and works. There were hints at a great love that went unfulfilled...yay! There was the idea that this man had risen from being an
historical fiction spanning a long period of time and done very well, but still having the inherent weaknesses of books that skip years fast (usually people change a lot in time while in such books, they do not change that much, so the passing of time is very little felt)
First, let's bask in the beauty of the cover: Quite a sight, isn't it?Anyway, this book reminded me a lot of The Golem and the Jinni (tGatJ). They are both historical fictions that take place in cosmopolitan cities told through the eyes of immigrants. In this case an Indian elephant trainer, Jahan, arriving in Ottoman Istanbul with a gift for Suleiman the Magnificent from a foreign Shah. We see the fascinating world of 16th and early 17th century Istanbul through his eyes as Jahan is taken under
If 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--
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