Honor

Name: Honor
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Elif Shafak
ISBN: 9781470347277

Author: Elif Shafak

Narrator: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marek

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/12/2013

Categories: Fiction, Cultural Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Leaving her twin sister behind, Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. Yet, no matter how far they travel, the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood.

About Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning, bestselling novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her books, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include The Gaze and The Saint of Incipient Insanities. Her op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and she has been featured on National Public Radio. Elif lives in Istanbul with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sura

" if there is no harmony inside that person, he will always be angry " A heart-touching novel about the misleading meaning of honor in the east and some other countries all over the world , honor that concerned only with bodies, women bodies ! This is the story of Pembe and Jamila , Kurdish-Turki......more

Goodreads review by Isa

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!......more