Honour

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

The book calls to mind The Color Purple in the fierceness of its engagement with male violence and its determination to see its characters to a better place. But Shafak is closer to Isabel Allende in spirit, confidence and charm. Her portrayal of Muslim cultures, both traditional and globalising, is as hopeful as it is politically sophisticated. This alone should gain her the world audience she has long deserved

The Guardian

Moving, subtle and ultimately hopeful, Honour is further proof that Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years

Irish Times

Vivid storytelling... that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love

Sunday Telegraph

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