In One Brief Moment All Eternity
$27.99
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
During a time of great turmoil, Gustave Flaubert created literature’s most scandalous heroine: Madame Bovary. He then poisoned her with arsenic. But what if, 175 years later, Emma—and the women history overlooked—could seize the quill from his hands and tell a different story?
In One Brief Moment All Eternity is a luminous reinvention of an iconic male writer, told through the eyes of the women—real and fictional—who shaped him: a devoted nursemaid, an Egyptian dancer, and a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241745953 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241745950 |
| Author: | Elif Shafak |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 507g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won’t regret it * ARUNDHATI ROY *
A unique and powerful voice in world literature * IAN MCEWAN *
One of the best writers in the world today * HANIF KUREISHI *
One of the world’s most exhilirating storytellers * OBSERVER *
Shafak’s imagination is a wonder: bold, capacious, beautiful and wise * KATIE KITAMURA *
Shafak’s writing is poised and expressed, remarkable for its charm and lyricism * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Elif Shafak approaches the world with grace, lyricism, and courage * VIET THANH NGUYEN *
Elif Shafak ties together diverse time periods and places in a way that seems both natural and wonderfully unexpected * MARY BEARD *
Elif Shafak is a master storyteller * SAFIYA SINCLAIR *
One of our most evocative storytellers working today * iPAPER *
Elif Shafak
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 was awarded the Halldór Laxness Prize for her contribution to the art of storytelling. 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. Widely read in many countries around the world, her writing has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and Prix Femina Etranger, amongst others, and she was nominated for ‘Author of the Year’ at the British Book Awards. Elif Shafak was appointed President of the Royal Society of Literature in 2025. She was awarded the British Academy President’s medal for bravely tackling sensitive subjects and for her body of work which demonstrates an incredible intercultural range.
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