Honour

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.

O ucidere de onoare spulbera si transforma vietile imigrantilor turci in Londra din 1970. Noul roman al autorului turc Elif Shafak, cel mai bine vandut pe plan international, este o poveste dramatica despre familii, dragoste si neintelegeri care urmareste destinele surorilor gemene nascute intr-un sat kurd. In timp ce Jamila ramane pentru a deveni moasa, Pembe il urmareste pe sotul ei turc, Adem, la Londra, unde spera sa-si faca o viata noua pentru ei si pentru copiii lor. In Londra, ei se confrunta cu o alegere: sa ramana loiali vechilor traditii sau sa incerce tot ce pot a potrivi in.