The Flea Palace by Elif Shafak - Paperback

This is Elif Shafak's second book I've started, (I'm not letting myself finish off The Bastard of Istanbul TOO quickly) and I loved it. It started off a LITTLE slow, but then it picked up and I finished it in a day. Well worth it.

Interesting little story spinned out of... dare i say -- nothing. ☺ A little absurd, a little nostalgic, somewhat introverted... guess it suits for ppl who love looking and observing other people, who are a little quirky and introverted. Def not good for action fans - coz.. nothing really happens. Only characters. I liked it quite a lot. ☺

Eine spannende Geschichte über ein Mehrfamilienhaus, in der viel über die vielen Mieter erzählt wird. Anfangs etwas langatmig, nimmt die Erzählung eine erstaunliche Wendung und ist zum Ende spannend.

Quite a turn down !

I really wish I could read this book in the original language. The lines and large phrases of thought are incredibly broad stroked and give a wonderful third dimension to the flow of the book. But there is a problem - the language (and perhaps the author would chide me on the use of the word here) is often grammatical stilted. Can someone get this woman a better translator? A jewel of a thinker and a brilliant intellect.