The Architect's Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul.
'There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...'
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota's back to the furthest corners of the Sultan's kingdom and back again. And one day he will catch the eye of the royal architect, Sinan, a chance encounter destined to change Jahan's fortunes forever.
Filled with all the colour of the Ottoman Empire, when Istanbul was the teeming centre of civilisation, The Architect's Apprentice is a magical, sweeping tale of one boy and his elephant caught up in a world of wonder and danger.
'Fascinating and gripping' Rosamund Lupton on Honour
Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of nine novels including The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love and Honour, and is the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than forty languages and she contributes to numerous international publications, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Newsweek and Time magazine. She is also a public speaker working with The London Speaker Bureau and is a TED Global speaker. Elif Shafak has previously been longlisted for the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award, and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She is based in London with her two children.
Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of nine novels including The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love and Honour, and is the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than forty languages and she contributes to numerous international publications, including the New York Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, La Repubblica, Newsweek and Time magazine. She is also a public speaker working with The London Speaker Bureau and is a TED Global speaker. Elif Shafak has previously been longlisted for the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award, and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She is based in London with her two children and can be found at www.elifshafak.com.
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这部小说简直是一场华丽的冒险,我被作者构建的世界观深深吸引住了。故事的节奏把握得恰到好处,悬念迭起,让人忍不住一口气读完。角色之间的互动充满了张力,他们的成长和挣扎都刻画得入木三分。我尤其喜欢那些充满哲思的对白,它们不仅仅是推动情节的工具,更是对人性深层次的探讨。作者对于环境的描写细腻而生动,仿佛我真的置身于那个充满魔法与古老秘密的国度。阅读过程中,我不断地在猜测接下来的发展,每一次的转折都出乎意料却又在情理之中。那种被故事完全掌控的感觉,是非常难得的阅读体验。这本书成功地在宏大的史诗叙事和细腻的个人情感之间找到了完美的平衡点。
评分不得不说,作者的文字功底扎实得令人惊叹。语言时而如同一首悠扬的古典乐章,优雅而富有韵律感;时而又像一把锋利的匕首,直插人心,带着冷峻的现实感。书中对于战斗场面的描绘,尤其精彩,动作的编排充满想象力,节奏感极强,仿佛能听到兵器碰撞的声响和魔法能量的爆裂。但最打动我的是那些关于“失去”与“重建”的篇章。那些看似不经意的日常片段,却蕴含着巨大的情感冲击力,它们是支撑起整个宏大叙事不至于空洞的基石。这本书成功地将史诗冒险的激情与内在的温情熔铸一体,读完后有一种酣畅淋漓却又怅然若失的复杂情感。
评分读完这本书,我脑海中挥之不去的是那些鲜活的群像。作者笔下的人物没有绝对的善恶之分,每个人都有自己难以言说的苦衷和追求,这使得故事的复杂性和真实感大大增强。特别是主角团的几次重大抉择,那种夹杂着责任、牺牲与私欲的挣扎,让我感同身受,甚至引发了我对自身价值观的重新审视。叙事视角在不同人物之间巧妙地切换,使得我们得以从多方了解事件的全貌,避免了单一视角的局限性。那些关于权力结构、社会阶层固化的隐喻,在扣人心弦的冒险故事之下悄然展开,使得这部作品的深度远超一般的奇幻小说。我甚至愿意花时间去研究一下书中的一些术语和历史背景设定,可见其构建的精妙之处。
评分这部作品在结构上的创新也值得称赞。它并非简单地按照时间线线性推进,而是巧妙地穿插了大量的回忆片段和预言式的暗示,这些碎片化的信息如同散落的宝石,需要读者主动去拼凑和解读,这种参与感极大地增强了阅读的乐趣。我花了相当一部分时间去回味某些关键的转折点,发现作者早已在开篇处埋下了伏笔,只是当时并未察觉。这种“醍醐灌顶”的阅读体验,是检验一部优秀作品的重要标准。而且,它成功地避开了许多同类型作品中常见的陈词滥调,为奇幻文学注入了新鲜的血液。我向所有追求高质量阅读体验的读者强烈推荐,它绝对是近几年来的上乘之作。
评分最让我印象深刻的是,作者对“未知”的描绘达到了近乎令人敬畏的程度。故事中总有那么一团迷雾笼罩着世界的终极真相,你以为你掌握了线索,但下一章你就会发现,自己所理解的一切可能只是冰山一角。这种对宏大宇宙尺度的敬畏感,是很多作品所缺乏的。它不急于给出所有答案,而是鼓励读者去思考和想象,保持一份恰到好处的神秘感。即使在战斗的高潮部分,作者也依然保持着一种冷静的克制,没有让情节流于夸张的感官刺激。它更像是一次对“存在的意义”的探索之旅,包裹在引人入胜的奇幻外衣之下,是对于人类精神韧性的深刻颂扬。
评分文学将另一个世界另一种生活带到你面前,让你穿上他们的衣服、使用他们的语言、进入他们的回忆、做出他们的决定,同时,也做出你自己的决定,付出你自己的情感,理解你自己。虽然这本书有很多瑕疵,但完美的塑造了这么一个旅程。
评分a bitter life, a long painful voyage yet full of precious memories
评分看完好想去伊斯坦布尔看那些美丽的建筑
评分a bitter life, a long painful voyage yet full of precious memories
评分文学将另一个世界另一种生活带到你面前,让你穿上他们的衣服、使用他们的语言、进入他们的回忆、做出他们的决定,同时,也做出你自己的决定,付出你自己的情感,理解你自己。虽然这本书有很多瑕疵,但完美的塑造了这么一个旅程。
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