Elif Shafak
Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.04 | 13363 Users | 1397 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Honor |
| ISBN: | 0670784834 (ISBN13: 9780670784837) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.elifshafak.com/kitaplar/honour.asp |
| Characters: | Jamila, Pembe, Iskender, Yunus, Esma, Adem, Tarik |
| Setting: | Istanbul(Turkey) Kurdish Village near the River Euphrates(Turkey) London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Man Asian Literary Prize Nominee (2012), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2013), Prix Relay des Voyageurs (2013), Prix Lorientales (2014), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2014) |
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An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London Internationally bestselling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in. After Adem abandons his family, Iskender, the eldest son, must step in and become the one who will not let any shame come to the family name. And when Pembe begins a chaste affair with a man named Elias, Iskender will discover that you could love someone with all your heart and yet be ready to hurt them. Just published to great acclaim in England, Honor is a powerful, gripping exploration of guilt and innocence, loyalty and betrayal, and the trials of the immigrant, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tear families apart.Point Appertaining To Books Honor
| Title | : | Honor |
| Author | : | Elif Shafak |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | March 7th 2013 by Viking (first published 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Turkish. Asian Literature. Turkish Literature |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 13363 Users | 1397 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books Honor
Shafak is striking again in this magnificent novel! I loved it! As it seems now her favorite topic: Comparison between East & West, Muslims & the rest of the world, Elif Shafak is astonishing me with all the small details that only a person who lived in the two worlds will notice. It's my 3rd read for her, i've started this book hoping she won't fail me, also I was so intimidated that it won't be about Arabs/Turks/Muslims who beat their wives, not respecting women and so.. That it wouldThis is such a phenomenal- interesting - page -turning very enjoyable novel. I was drawn into the storytelling instantly....[ I THINK EVERY ONE OF MY FRIENDS WILL BE TOO].....its mesmerizing and brilliant. This is also my first book by Elif Shafak. It wont be the last. Ive not read another book quite like this one. Its rich in Turkish/Kirdish culture - yet its literary fiction written in English. I cant ever remember reading a novel about an honor killing in the Muslim culture. Had Elif Shafak
Honor by Elif Shafak is a tragic story of a shocking honor killing that stuns and shatters the lives and hopes of a Turkish emigrant family living in London in the 1970s.This book opens with a very strong and beautiful dedication from the author which reads as follows; When I was seven years old We lived in a green house, one of our neighbours a talented tailor would often beat his wife. In the evenings we listened to the shouts, the crys the swearing. In the mornings we went on with our lives
I am blown away , I am actually at a loss of words.... There are so many thoughts going around in my head about this marvellous book! I just need to let time pass in order to fully grasp everything!Just wow, plain and simple as that! Did I say wow?!Wow!
When I first started the book I felt that something terrible is going to happen. I felt that the calamities are going to fall on this family like a torrential rain. And I was right (I guess I started to understand the writer really well). I dont want to spoil the novel but one thing I must mention here. Why does Elif believes in Djinn? Of course I believe in them too but I dont think about them every day? Sometimes I will only think about them if I am reading certain articles in Quraan that
Excerpt from the book So it was that in the land where Pink Destiny and Enough Beauty were born, 'honour' was more than a word. It was also a name. You could call your child 'Honour', as long as it was a boy. Men had honour. Old men, middle-aged men, even school boy so young that they still smelled of their mother's milk. Women did not have honour. Instead, they had shame. And, as everyone knew, Shame would be a rather poor name to bear.
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