Ece Temelkuran

Women Who Blow on Knots

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Winner of a PEN Translates Award
A phenomenon in Turkey with more than 120,000 copies sold, Women who Blow on Knots chronicles a voyage reaching from Tunisia to Lebanon, taken by three young women and septuagenarian Madam Lilla. Although the three young women embark on the road for different reasons — for each holds a dark secret — it is only at the journey's point of no return that Lilla's own murderous motivations for the trip become clear…
Unique and controversial in its country of origin for its political rhetoric and strong, atypically Muslim female characters, Temelkuran weaves an empowering tale that challenges us to ponder not only the social questions of politics, religion and women in the Middle East, but also the universal bonds of sister— and motherhood.
Ultimately, the novel begs the reader to meditate on the greatest problem women face today — can the power we hold make us happy, and how?
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519 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • Deborah Sara Skomorowski Kilberghas quoted3 years ago
    Oh time… so much time without love!

    We laughed, we laughed out loud to show that we had understood she was making light of the situation.

    And that is how it all began. We were three women fated to take refuge in a story, looking out for each other as we moved forwards, three women soon to become four. We had no idea that the cure to all our problems was present in each other and that the balm we would blend together could protect humankind fr

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