# 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World

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- Book: [10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak/10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world) ([10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak/10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world.md))
- Authors: [Elif Shafak](https://www.bookquiver.com/elif-shafak)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-946-4
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2025-07-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

For Leila, each minute after her death brings a vivid memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which women use to wax their legs while men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends Leila made at each key moment in her life – friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . .