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Between Two Worlds: Elif Shafak And The Art Of Cultural Translation
Paperback
Series: World Literature
Biographies GeneralLiterary FiguresLiterary Criticism
Publisher: Global East-West Ltd
Published: Sep 9 2025
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Stories can build bridges. - Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak's novels cross borders-geographical, historical, and emotional-bringing readers into conversation with cultures both familiar and foreign. But who is the woman behind the stories?
In Between Two Worlds, Buraq-the biographer of Kafka and Hermann Hesse-traces Shafak's journey from a childhood between continents to her rise as an internationally celebrated author and public intellectual.
Exploring her struggles and triumphs, her literary innovations, and her role as a fearless voice for human rights, this biography offers an intimate portrait of a writer who defies easy categorisation.
Part life story, part literary exploration, this is the definitive guide to understanding Elif Shafak's art, her politics, and her vision for a more connected world.
Biographer Buraq- known for his portraits of Kafka and Hermann Hesse-traces Shafak's journey as a novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, revealing how her stories bridge cultures, challenge stereotypes, and give voice to the complexities of identity in the 21st century.
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