The Flea Palace (54 page)
Authors: Elif Shafak
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Contemporary, #Literary, #Contemporary Fiction
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First published in Turkey as
Bit Palas
by Metis Yayinlari in 2002
First published in Great Britain and in the USA by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 2004
Published in Penguin Books 2010
Copyright © Elif Shafak, 2004, 2005
This translation copyright © from the Turkish by Müge Göçek, 2004
The moral right of the author and of the translator has been asserted
All rights reserved
ISBN
: 978-0-14-196137-8
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‘
Allah bas, baqiya hawas
’ means ‘God is strength, the rest is folly’ and Ottoman cel
sulus
script is a historical Turkish script of the Ottoman Empire.
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It is believed that the Trumpet of Israfil will be heard on the Day of Judgement.
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Meryem means Mary in Turkish and ‘Meryem, Musa, Muhammet’ is a trilogy referring to the three monotheist religions (Mary, Moses and Muhammet are the names of the family members).
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According to the Muslim faith, in order to create the universe Allah uttered ‘BE!’
