Wonke umthi unesiqhamo sawo. Ukususela kumthi we-apula kunye nezilingo zamandulo, ngokwaneleyo ukusikhupha ngaphandle kweparadesi, ukuya kumkhiwane oqhelekileyo kunye neziqhamo zawo ezingaqhelekanga ezithwele isimboli phakathi kwe-erotic kunye nengcwele, kuxhomekeke kwindlela oyijonga ngayo kwaye, ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuxhomekeke ngubani ojongileyo...
Ibali apho Elif shafak uyayazi indlela yokufaka igalelo elingaphezulu kakhulu kunombono we-intrahistorical oguqula ugxininiso ukusuka kwiziganeko zembali ukuya kumava. Ngenxa yokuba ku-Elif Shafak akukho malunga nokubalisa i-derivatives, iziphumo kunye neendlela ezithathwe ngabanye abalinganiswa ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko. Kuye kwaye ngokukodwa kubalinganiswa bakhe, umbuzo kukutsala intambo edibanisa yonke into kwi-embroidery efihlakeleyo, engabalulekanga. Phantse ngokungabonakaliyo ukubumba i-seams yobukho, yemibuzo ephonswe kwixesha elizayo engabantwana kunye ne-echoes yexesha elidlulileyo njengayo nayiphi na impendulo yokugqibela.
Ukusuka kumbhali we-Booker Prize finalist kunye nabafundi abangaphezu kwe-300.000 kwihlabathi liphela, kuza "inoveli entle neyothusayo egxile kwiimfihlo ezimnyama zeemfazwe zamakhaya kunye nobubi be-extremism" (uMargaret Atwood)
Ngomnyaka we-1974, ngelixa umkhosi waseTurkey uhleli emantla eSipro, uKostas, umGrike ongumKristu, kunye noDefne, umTurk ongumSilamsi, badibana ngokufihlakeleyo phantsi kwemiqadi emnyama yeTavern yoMthi womkhiwane, apho iintambo zegalikhi, itswele kunye neepepile. . Apho, kude nobushushu bemfazwe, umkhiwane ukhula ngomngxuma eluphahleni, ubungqina bothando lwaba bantu babini baselula, kodwa nokungaqondi kwabo, ukuqhambuka kongquzulwano, ukutshatyalaliswa kweNicosia kunye nemfazwe. ukwahlukana okubuhlungu kwababini abathandanayo.
Kumashumi eminyaka kamva, kumantla eLondon, uAda Kazantzakis wayesandul’ ukufelwa ngumama wakhe. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu, akazange atyelele isiqithi abazali bakhe abazalelwa kuso kwaye unqwenela ukutyhila iminyaka yeemfihlo, iyantlukwano kunye nokuthula. Ukuphela konxibelelwano analo nomhlaba wookhokho bakhe yiFicus carica ekhula kumyezo wendlu yakhe. ISiqithi somthi olahlekileyo libali elinomlingo malunga nokuba ngumntu kunye nesazisi, uthando kunye neentlungu, kunye namandla amangalisayo okuhlaziya ngenkumbulo.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli «Isiqithi se perdido”, nguElif Shafak, apha:
