og Elif Shafak har senest modtaget Halldór Laxness International Literature Prize for sit bidrag til ”fornyelse af historiefortællingens kunst”

I en blanding af essay og manifest

Ring (2020)

De sidste år tilbragte han med at diktere romaner om adeligt forfald til sine to søstre

Han lovpriste vandringen som en livgivende og nødvendig form for lediggang

Giovanni's Room og Elif Shafak har senestDavid, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiance to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiance returns and, denying his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret.