Candy Palace

Author's name: Elif Shafak

Translator's name: Muhammad Darwish

Dessert Palace is the second novel by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. It is more like a short story, connected by the setting: an old palace in Istanbul inhabited by residents who are very different from each other. Through the residents' stories, Shafak explains contemporary Turkish society with its contradictions and richness. The novel by Elif Shafak, translated by Dr. Muhammad Darwish, was published by Dar Al-Adab as part of a distinguished collection of translated novels that includes the rest of Shafak's works. About Dessert Palace: A building gifted by an aristocratic Russian immigrant to his sweetheart. The building reflects the contradictions and tensions of Istanbul society, including immigrants, minorities, the marginalized, and the crazy: a university professor; twins who run a barbershop; a pious man with his daughter-in-law and grandchildren; a woman obsessed with cleanliness and her picky daughter; And "The Blue Lover." But the novel "The Sweet Palace" is, above all, a novel about social injustice, the fear of losing one's identity, the dominance of fate over the destinies of the characters, and the game of love that confused souls have condemned to death.