Honour

Honour is not a book I probably would have chosen myself to read if I saw it on the shelves but I am so glad I did read it. It was totally different from the usual genres I read so didn’t really know what to expect.
There are many characters from the same family in the book and you get to know who they are.
The books starts with Iskender being released from prison and his sister Esma waiting for him but the next chapter goes back to when their mother was born and how her mother behaved when she had twin girls. She needed to have a son.
The chapters of the book were confusing to start with as they kept jumping from one person to another and went back and forward in the years but this is completely relevant to the story.
It was an interesting read as I have not experienced Kurd/Turkish culture and I know little about Muslims, their traditions and beliefs.
The book was well written and I enjoyed reading it.

Elif Shafak gives us an insight portrait of Turkey's society.

My favourite book of all times. Please read Elif Shafak! Her ways of describing complexe characters with such great empathy and narrating from silenced persoectives make her the most uniwue author. Elif Shafak is one of the greatest authors of our times, no doubt.