We also see what the years of torture, imprisonment and humiliation can do to the individual life.Īll this is intertwined with t he reflections on religious beliefs in the Muslim society.

There are descriptions of house search, torture, imprisonment of the individuals for holding different opinions to the ones accepted by the government and society. The story does provide an insight into Turkey’s turbulent past such as military coup in the 1980s and how life looked like during the rule of the military. In Three Daughters of Eve, she has given us a rich and moving story that humanizes and personalizes one of the most profound sea changes of the the modern world.Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak tackles many different topics including religion, or rather t he meaning of God in one’s life, how cultural and political circumstances shape lives of the individuals and the position of women in Eastern and Western societies. Elif Shafak is a bestselling novelist in her native Turkey, and her work is translated and celebrated around the world. As the terrorist attacks come ever closer, Peri is moved to recall the scandal that tore them all apart. Their arguments about Islam and feminism find focus in the charismatic but controversial Professor Azur, who teaches divinity but in unorthodox ways. As a young woman there, she had become friends with the charming, adventurous Shirin, a fully assimilated Iranian girl, and Mona, a devout Egyptian American. Competing in Peri's mind, however, are the memories invoked by her almost-lost Polaroid, of the time years earlier when she was sent abroad for the first time to attend Oxford University. Over the course of the dinner, and amidst an opulence that is surely ill begotten, terrorist attacks occur across the city. Three Daughters of Eve is set over an evening in contemporary Istanbul, as Peri arrives at the party and navigates the tensions that simmer in this crossroads country between East and West, religious and secular, rich and poor. A relic from a part -and a love - Peri has tried desperately to forget. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old Polaroid of three young women and their university professor. Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. They were the Sinner, the Believer, and the Confused. Three young women with utterly different worldviews. Summary: They were the most unlikely of friends.

Eve's three daughters