Does a father really make a difference? I am torn between a father's role as a sperm-bank and anything more significant which I cannot imagine.
Category: Turkish and the Middle-Eastern
The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak
The Forty Rules Of Love is a pretty bejeweled book, probably because it makes Rumi and Shams Tabrizi so accessible for a first-time reader.
My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk
An intricate study of the world of sixteenth century miniaturists in the Ottoman empire. All within the setting of a murder mystery, a love story and fable-like story telling.