Jin's richly textured, unsparing writing questions whether a self can exist unmarked by the past ― New Yorker It's a page-turner - but all the while it winks, reminding us that possible explanations in our universe are as varied as the beings who populate it ― Paris Review
'Shafak's most ambitious novel yer, and her best - generous and imaginative' - Independent 'Fasicnating. A vigorous evocation of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power' - Sunday Times