Elif Shafak: there’s a scream building up in young people

Elif Shafak told the Hay festival: ‘It’s difficult to be young, in this age in particular.’ Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images

The author Elif Shafak has said she thinks “there’s a scream building up” inside many young people, because they feel their future “is being shaped by older generations”.

“It’s difficult to be young, in this age in particular,” the Turkish-British novelist told the Hay festival. “It’s their future that’s been broken by previous generations,” she said, citing Brexit and the climate emergency.