Elif Shafak Traces War, Flaubert And Women’s Creativity
Across France, Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, In One Brief Moment All Eternity builds a literary bridge with real sweep. Elif Shafak uses Flaubert, women and war to ask what creativity can offer when politics and history fracture lives and loyalties.
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Elif Shafak Traces War, Flaubert And Women’s Creativity
Across France, Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, In One Brief Moment All Eternity builds a literary bridge with real sweep. Elif Shafak uses Flaubert, women and war to ask what creativity can offer when politics and history fracture lives and loyalties.
- Book Synopsis
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity is an astonishing new novel by the bestselling, prize-winning novelist Elif Shafak. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, it is a profound meditation on creativity in times of political crisis and war, asking what literature can hope to offer when the world feels broken.
Building a fascinating bridge between Western prose and Eastern poetry, this story offers a luminous portrait of the life of an iconic writer, Gustave Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary, told through the lives of the women – both real and fictional – who shaped him.
Ideal for readers who:
- Want literary fiction that spans continents, centuries and artistic influence.
- Enjoy novels about creativity during political crisis, war and cultural upheaval.
- Like Elif Shafak’s blend of Eastern poetry, Western prose and historical imagination.
- Appreciate stories about the women who shape famous writers and hidden legacies.
- About The Author
- Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-seven languages. The author of twenty books, fourteen of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's previous novel, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, was the UK's bestselling literary hardback novel of 2025, selling over 500,000 copies. Her work has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, amongst others, and she is currently nominated for 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards. Elif Shafak was appointed President of the Royal Society of Literature in 2025. Her books have sold several million copies worldwide.
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- ISBN
- 9780241745953
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking, (15 October 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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