Honor - Elif Şafak - Penguin Books

Honor

Elif Şafak

Ürün Tanıtımı

A dramatic, heartbreaking tale offamilies, love, and misunderstanding - longlisted for the Asian Man BookerPrize and The Women's Prize for Fiction

Twin sisters are born in the mid -1940s in a small Kurdish village on the border of Turkey and Syria. Jamilabecomes a local midwife, feared and respected for her healing powers andpsychic ability. Her sister, Pembe, marries Adem, and they immigrate to Londonin the 1970s, hoping to make new lives for themselves and their three children.Bitter and frustrated with his new life, Adem moves out and Iskender, theireldest son, must step in as keeper of the family's honor. But when Pembe beginsto spend time with another man, Iskender will discover that you could lovesomeone with all your heart and yet be ready to hurt them.

A novel filled with'Shakespearian twists and turns, omens and enigmas, prophecies anddestinies fulfilled' (The Independent), Honor offers a powerful andgripping exploration og guilt and innocence, loyalty and betrayal, and thecontroversial issue of honor killings as it tragically plays out in onefamily's life.

'An enduring story withnear-biblical themes... Shafak writes beautifully and maintains a high level oftension.'

- The New Yorker

'Gripping, tragic, andprofoundly heartening... (An) enthralling story that examines the archaiccustom of honor killing and questions the very nature of the honor code.'

- MS. Magazine

'A trenchant, dazzlinglyimaginative, suspenseful, mystical, and socially astute novel.'

- Booklist

Özellikler

Basım Dili:İngilizce

Basım Yeri:Amerika

Sayfa Sayısı:342

En / Boy:13,50 / 21,00 cm

Kağıt Cinsi:2. Hamur

Basım Tarihi:2014