Honour
Named Pembe and Jamila, meaning Pink and Beautiful rather than the names their mother wanted to call them, Destiny and Enough, the twin girls have very different futures ahead of them all of which will end in tragedy on a street in East London in 1978.
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| ISBN |
9780670921157 |
| Published |
2 July 2012 by Penguin |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
| Author(s) |
By Shafak, Elif |
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| ISBN-13 |
9780670921157 |
| ISBN-10 |
0670921157 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
In stock at publisher; ships 7-15 working days |
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| Publisher |
Penguin |
| Imprint |
Viking |
| Publication Date |
2 July 2012
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| International Publication Date |
5 April 2012 |
| Publication Country |
 United Kingdom |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
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| Author(s) |
By Shafak, Elif |
| Category |
Modern Fiction
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
352 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 153mm
Height: 234mm
Spine: 25mm |
| Weight |
457g |
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| Dewey Code |
894.3534 |
| Catalogue Code |
262586 |
Description of this Book
And so begins the story of Esma a young Kurdish woman in London trying to come to terms with the terrible murder her brother has committed. Esma tells the story of her family stretching back three generations; back to her grandmother and the births of her mother and Aunt in a village on the edge of the Euphrates. Named Pembe and Jamila, meaning Pink and Beautiful rather than the names their mother wanted to call them, Destiny and Enough, the twin girls have very different futures ahead of them all of which will end in tragedy on a street in East London in 1978. This is a powerful, brilliant and moving account of murder, love and family set in Kurdistan, Istanbul and London.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent Daily Telegraph A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat A gorgeous, jewelled, luxurious book The Times Rich and wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends, 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 trying to grow within ancient ways, all the while growing past them. I loved this book Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress Elif Shafak tells stories of great urgency, heart, and intellectual acuity. Honour is a powerful tale of family connection and heartbreak, offering us insight and delight in equal measure. This is a compulsively readable novel, an exquisite and deep rendering of the fullness of life. Aurelie Sheehan, author of The Anxiety of Everyday Objects Shafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance Independent |
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Author's Bio
Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love and is the most widely read female novelist in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is a contributor for The Telegraph, Guardian and the New York Times and her TED talk on the politics of fiction has received 500 000 viewers since July 2010. She is married with two children and divides her time between Istanbul and London.
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