Batuman’s follow-up to “The Idiot” follows the same character into her second year at Harvard. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

Elif Shafak, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. She has published ten novels and is the most widely-read female novelist in Turkey today. Show more Kirsty Young's castaway ...

James Crawford speaks to Elif Shafak about her new novel, There Are Rivers in the Sky, and explores its connections to three other literary works. Show more Take Four Books, presented by James ...