In One Brief Moment All Eternity

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 th 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.Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You wont regret it ARUNDHATI ROYA unique and powerful voice in world literature IAN MCEWAN