Honor - Hardcover

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.

La extraordinària història d Esma, una jove kurda que viu a Londres, es remunta tres generacions enrere, amb el naixement de la seva mare i la germana bessona d aquesta, en un poble a la vora del riu Èufrates. La vida d aquestes bessones tindrà un destí molt diferent al que qualsevol podria imaginar. Un destí que es veurà tacat de sang amb un tràgic assassinat ocorregut anys més tard a Londres, i que podria estar relacionat amb la pròpia història d Esma. La vibrant narració d Elif Shafak sempre és la guia dels seus personatges. Chicago Tribune