The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Vin has learned to expect

Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets

some of the key mistakes they made along the way

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor

t matter how beautiful or charming she is

The Bastard of Istanbul Erin Vin has learned to expectFrom one of Turkey? s most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families. In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country? s violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the ? bastard? of the title, Asya, a nineteen year old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who