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Every term he holds a selective seminar whose sole purpose is to probe the philosophical meaning of God. Religion continues to be at the centre of many battles, yet in her new novel Elif Shafak creates the character of A.Z.Azur, a controversial Oxford professor who encourages dialogue across religious belief systems as he believes that too many people suffer from what he calls “The Malady of Certainty”. When different factions are so convinced about the certitude of their own ideas and beliefs conflict is inevitable. 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 modern world.It's deeply frightening and upsetting how politically divided society is at the moment. Elif Shafak is the number one 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 past-and a love-Peri had 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. "Rich and complex."- Harper's Bazaar * "Vivid and timely."- Vogue "A beautifully rendered tale of homeland and faith" ( Marie Claire), from the acclaimed author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, and The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick.