01805nam a2200313 i 4500 OSt 20211102101406.0 211102s2020 enkab e 000 f eng d 9780241979464 RM52.50 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 813.6 813.6 SHA G Shafak, Elif, 1971- author. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World / ELIF SHAFAK Ten minutes thirty-eight seconds in this strange world [London] : Penguin Books [2020] 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume First published by Viking 2019. "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...' For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her... " [quatrième de couverture]. Dead Fiction. Reminiscing Fiction. Death Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Psychological fiction. ddc B 185831 185831 0 0 PPAK G 2021-11-14 2 813.6 SHA A01709574 2025-08-02 16:07:08 2025-07-05 B 0 0 SP G 2021-11-14 3 2 813.6 SHA A01709575 2025-09-02 13:14:32 2025-07-28 B 0 0 KM G 2021-11-14 17 15 813.6 SHA A01709576 2026-06-10 10:34:38 2026-05-12 B 0 0 LW G 2021-11-14 1 1 813.6 SHA A01709577 2024-07-18 11:31:57 2024-06-04 B