Shafak Elif 3 Books Collection Set (The Architect's Apprentice, The Island of Missing Trees, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World)

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched<br/><br/>Shafak Elif 3 Books Collection<br/><br/>The Architect's<br/>In this novel, Turkey’s preeminent female writer 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.<br/><br/>The Island of Missing<br/>It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs.<br/><br/>10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange<br/>In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life-and the lives of others, outcasts like her.