The Bastard Of Istanbul By Elif ShafakIn her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country? s violent past in a vivid and colourful tale set in Turkey and the United States. At its centre are the ? bastard? of the title, Asya, a nineteen year old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a