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 LondonInternationally 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.
Define Based On Books Honor
| Title | : | Honor |
| Author | : | Elif Shafak |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary 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 |
Rating Based On Books Honor
Ratings: 4.04 From 13363 Users | 1397 ReviewsWrite-Up Based On Books Honor
A story of a generation, how due to a family honour (as claimed) a tragedy occurred. Story line was easily expected but the idea and characters were fairly remarkable-- stupendous, vivid and detailed. Always love the way Elif Shafak building her narrative with characters and their own behaviors and traits, you would like and dislike, seeing the distinction fragment of each, scenarios that hit reality it makes you mourn and whine and think. I was a bit distress with how the plot depicted thatI absolutely loved this book. I loved everything about it. The characters are all completely believable, the story is one which will you will not want to see the end of while dying to know what actually happened, the writing is wonderful to read and the humanity of the story is so real as to feel --- well, real.I was absorbed for the four evenings I read this book until too late in bed. Had I had the time this would have been a sit down on a Saturday morning and read til it gets dark kind of
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
Exquisitely written by Elif. I usually don't write much while reviewing novels/fiction to avoid any spoilers but I loved the twists especially when you think you knew it but you don't till the end.
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This 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
This book is published under the English Title called "Honour", not sure why this is not reflected on Goodreads.Honour covers many themes that of interest to me. Honour explores what it means to be an immigrant and still carries that culture within to a land that contradicts the community values. Honour explores issues on Muslim women in a traditional society. More in depth, it covers the irony of what men can do, and what Muslim women cant. How a son can be put in the place of an absence father
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