Honour

From Booker-shortlisted author Elif Shafak, Honour is a gripping tale of love, betrayal and clashing cultures.br>br>''My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten''br>br>Pembe and Adem Toprak leave Turkey for London. There they make new lives for their family. Yet the traditions and beliefs of their home come with them - carried in the blood of their children, Iskender and Esma. Trapped by past mistakes, the Toprak children find their lives torn apart and transformed by a brutal and chilling crime.br>br>Set in Turkey and London in the 1970s, Honour explores pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that can tear any family apart.br>br>''One of the best writers in the world today'' Hanif Kureishibr>br>''Vivid storytelling... that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love'' Sunday Telegraph br>br>Elif Shafak''s latest novel The Island of Missing Trees is available for pre-order now>

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A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

Product details

• Authors: Elif Shafak, Shafak Elif
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780241972946
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97294-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Viking
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Türkische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), London, Greater London, Sagas, FICTION / Sagas, Turkey, Generational sagas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980