Exploring Embodied Consciousness: The Intersection of Science and Sensuality in Elif Shafak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
World Journal of English Language February 13, 2026 Farhan Ahmad
This paper aims to investigate how Shafak constructs a literary space in which the rationality of science intersects with the emotive and sensorial dimensions of human life, revealing the complexity of embodied existence. Engaging with 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (2019) the study explores how the protagonist, Tequila Leila, negotiates personal trauma, memory, and identity...