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Title: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Author: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: May 2019
Category: Literary Fiction / Contemporary Fiction
Elif Shafak’s novel follows Tequila Leila, a murdered woman whose mind remains active for 10 minutes and 38 seconds after death. In that brief span, she revisits vivid memories—moments of love, pain, and friendship—while her body lies discarded in a dumpster on the outskirts of Istanbul.
The story unfolds through Leila’s recollections of her five closest friends, each an outcast in their own way, as they attempt to find and honor her memory. A powerful exploration of identity, marginalization, and the endurance of friendship, the novel paints a richly human portrait of life in modern-day Turkey.