The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Vin has learned to expect

Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets

t matter how beautiful or charming she is

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor

most heartbreaking of all

In a miraculous turn of events

The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Vin has learned to expectFrom one of Turkey? s most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families. In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country? s violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the ? bastard? of the title, Asya, a nineteen year old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who