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product_id: 258780832
title: "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World"
brand: "elif shafak"
price: "23600CFA"
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# 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

**Brand:** elif shafak
**Price:** 23600CFA
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by elif shafak
- **How much does it cost?** 23600CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Always Love, Even When Life Is Difficult
*by R***Y on May 28, 2025*

Another book that makes you cry, smile, dream, and grieve with humanity. Ms. Shafak has such an incredible gift of bringing out the beauty even in the direst of situations. Her characters, which include people, as well as cities, are full of life. With this comes heartache, sadness, depth, beauty, fear, and love. Always love. It may not be presented as we are used to, but it is there.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Captivating first half, weak second half.
*by S***U on February 10, 2024*

This novel has a very captivating and fresh start and the first half is a pageturner. However the second half loses its momentum and the ending is poor and loose. I'd be more satisfying if the book just stopped in 10'38''. In the second half not only does the plot lose its momentum, but it seems as though the author intentionally attempts to relate the tragic personal story of our protagonist with the history of Istanbul, which is unnecessary to me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stunning!
*by M***S on February 11, 2021*

“10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World”, by Elif Shafak, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2019, and won several “Book of the Year” prizes; I can see why! What a wonderfully unique and exceptional novel.You know that old saying when people recount a near-death experience: “My Whole Life Passed Before My Eyes!” Well this is the story of the 10 minutes and 38 seconds after “Tequila” Leila, a prostitute in Istanbul, has been murdered and left in a dumpster. Her dying brain recalls her whole life in those minutes. We learn how she got where she is, and we learn about the lives of her five best friends, and we learn a lot about what being a female in Turkey was like in the 1950s through 1990 (spoiler alert: not great).The last third of the novel is about Leila’s five friends and how they intend to honor her after her death. It’s a beautiful (and thrilling!) story of friends who become family.This unusual structure for a “flash-back” story worked incredibly well! Leila’s life, though full of horrific abuses and some plain bad luck, was also full of loving and loyal friends. I highly recommend this fascinating and beautifully written award-worthy novel.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-26*