Honour - SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED FIRST PRINTING

Shafak, Elif

ISBN 10: 0670921157 / ISBN 13: 9780670921157

Published by Viking, London, 2012

About this Item

Fine first printing in original publisher's wrapper. A soft back original. The correct first printing with '001' to the copyright page. An as-new, unread copy. No chips, creases or marks to covers. Signed, dated and located by the author to the title page ' Elif Shafak Hay- on-Wye 3rd June 2012'. Very scarce with such attributes.

Seller Inventory # 009934

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Honour - SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED FIRST PRINTING
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670921157
• ISBN 13: 9780670921157
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

From the orange prize long-listed and award-winning author of the forty rules of love and the bastard of istanbul elif shafak, honour is a novel of love, betrayal and clash of culturesmy mother died twice i promised myself i would not let her story be forgottenand 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 1978a powerful, brilliant and moving account of murder, love and family set in a kurdish village, istanbul and londonvivid storytelling that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love sunday telegrapha gorgeous, jewelled, luxurious book the timesrich and wide as the euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends, elif shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant familys 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 postmistressa powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate joanne harris, author of chocolatelif 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

About the Author

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.