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Flea Palace; Trans. By Muge Gocek by Elif Shafak is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Setting Is A Stately Residence In Istanbul Built By Russian Noble Emigre Pavel Antipov For His Wife Agripina At The End Of The Tsarist Reign, Now Sadly Dilapidated, Flea-infested, And Home To Ten Families. Shafak Uses The Narrative Structure Of A Thousand And One Nights To Construct A Story-within-a-story Narrative. Inhabitants Include Ethel, A Lapsed Jew In Search Of True Love And The Sad And Beautiful Blue Mistress Whose Personal Secret Provides The Novel With An Unforgettable Denouement. Add To This A Strange, Intensifying Stench Whose Cause Is Revealed At The End Of The Book, We Have A Metaphoric Conduit For The Cultural And Spiritual Decay In The Heart Of Istanbul. By Elif Shafak ; Translated By Müge Göçek.

Who reads Flea Palace; Trans. By Muge Gocek?

Author

Elif Shafak

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780714531014

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.49 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14