The passionate boy and the teacher

An amazing novel takes us through Shafak to the palaces and its gardens, where animals, tamers, ministers, the wicked, and beautiful concubines; and to this melting pot city where religions and cultures melt and colors of poverty and crime mix; and to the dark and bright inner self at the same time. The passionate young man and the teacher of Turkish Elif Shafak was issued by Dar Al-Adab with translation by Mohamed Darwish as part of distinguished translated novels that included Shafak's other novels. A brief about the novel The Passionate Young Man and the Teacher Fateh Jan, the twelve-year-old Indian boy, arrived at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul with a gift for the Sultan: a small white elephant called Shuta. In this city, Fateh Jan's life changes thanks to two prominent personalities: the Sultan's daughter, Mehrama, who fascinates him, and the famous architect Sinan, who trains him in building mosques, palaces, baths, schools, and bridges, and most importantly, self-discovery and spiritual rebuilding. Quotes from the book The Passionate Young Man and the Teacher Sometimes your heart must break, my son, so that your soul can bloom. He believed that in life there are two blessings: books and friends, and a person should possess these two things in a different way: the largest number of books and a few friends.