![]() ![]() As in her previous novels, Elif Shafak succeeds in touching upon difficult topics without losing the depth of her literary style. By building up the story piece by piece, Elif Shafak creates a story full of different perspectives. The novel interweaves different threads and the reader is invited to put together all the different parts of the puzzle. Throughout the story we get to know Peri’s life, jumping from her years as a child in Istanbul to her time in Oxford as a young woman, to the present situation back in Istanbul. This is the beginning of a multi-layered, beautifully sketched and precise novel “Three Daughters of Eve“ by Elif Shafak. It depicts three young women, in their middle a man. Among the many things that fall out of her bag is a Polaroid. ![]() Peri’s, the mother’s, handbag has been stolen and she follows the thieves to a back alley. What appears to be an everyday situation soon turns into a hot pursuit. Mother and daughter together in the car, stuck in the thankless traffic of Istanbul, on their way to a dinner party. ![]()
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