- Published: 24 June 2015
- ISBN: 9780241972946
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $32.00
Honour
- Published: 24 June 2015
- ISBN: 9780241972946
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $32.00
A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate
Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
Fascinating and gripping - a wonderful novel
Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister
Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story - a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women
Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress
Honour is a powerful tale of family connection and heartbreak, offering us insight and delight in equal measure . . . an exquisite and deep rendering of the fullness of life.
Aurelie Sheehan, author of The Anxiety of Everyday Objects
[Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Monica Ali, Aamer Hussein, Andrea Levy, Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela, who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others
The Independent
An honour killing is at the centre of this stunning novel . . . Exotic, evocative and utterly gripping
The Times
Lushly and memorably magic-realist . . . This is an extraordinarily skilfully crafted and ambitious narrative
The Independent
Shafak treats an important, absorbing subject in a fast-paced, internationally familiar style that will make it accessible to a wide readership
Sunday Times
Compelling
Mariella Frostrup