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Julia's Book Club – Elif Shafak on her new novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity
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In this special interview episode of Julia's Book Club, we welcome award-winning writer, political scientist and activist Elif Shafak back to the podcast to discuss her brand-new novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity . The book tells the story of 19th century author Gustave Flaubert, but this is not historical fiction as we usually know it. The story unfolds through a remarkable chorus of voices: the women who shaped or crossed his life, including his mother, the servant who raised him, and his most famous creation, Madame Bovary. Other voices belong to Istanbul, to ghosts, and even to Flaubert’s illness and opium. In this conversation, Elif shares what drew her to Flaubert, her…