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02333aam a2200397 i 4500 001 A29AC9E0B93011EB912C4BE73FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210520010008 008 210205s2020 le a e 000 1 ara d 020 $a 9953896895 020 $a 9789953896892 035 $a (OCoLC)1236226036 040 $a MCCPP $b eng $e rda $c MCCPP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a ara $h eng 082 04 $a 823 $2 23 100 1 $a Shafak, Elif, $d 1971- $e author. 240 10 $a 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. $l Arabic 245 10 $a 10 daqaiq wa 38 thaniyah fi hadha al-alam al-gharib : $b riwaÌyah / $c AliÌf ShaÌfaÌk ; tarjamat, D. MuhÌ£ammad DarwiÌsh. 250 $a al-TÌ£abÊ»ah al-uÌlaÌ. 264 1 $a BayruÌt : $b DaÌr al-AÌdaÌb, $c 2020. 300 $a 280 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Novel. 546 $a In Arabic. 500 $a "Booker prize 2019 -- shortlisted "--Cover 520 $a In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her 650 0 $a Death $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Reminiscing $z Turkey $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Female friendship $z Turkey $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $z Turkey $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Istanbul (Turkey) $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Arabic language materials. 700 1 $a DarwiÌsh, MuhÌ£ammad, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210521010200.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A29AC9E0B93011EB912C4BE73FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search