The release date for the English version of '10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World' by
Elif Shafak is Jan 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honor returns with a striking new book.
Tequila Leila's awareness started to slowly and gradually recede in the first minute after her death, much like a tide retreating from the coast. Now that her blood supply had run out, her brain cells were totally depleted of oxygen. However, they didn't give up. Not immediately...
Leila remembers every minute of her life that she spent with a lover: the aroma of cardamom coffee that she shares with a dashing student at the brothel where she works; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar that the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosques; and the taste of spiced goat stew that her father sacrificed to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son. Every memory also brings back the people she had throughout significant life events—friends who are now frantically attempting to locate her...