Elif Shafak. Eve's Three Daughters (№ 406423)

There are two types of cities in the world: those that, with all their way of life, constantly convince residents that their tomorrow, like the day after tomorrow, will not be much different from today's day, and those that, on the contrary, constantly remind their citizens of the changeability of life. Istanbul belongs to the second type. There is no time to engage in self-seeping in anticipation until the clock finally breaks an hour for some more or less noticeable event. Istanbulites rush from one emergency news to another, even more rapidly digest them, until it is the turn of a new emergency that requires their close attention.