Honour By Elif Shafak Author Of Bastard Of Istanbul

Honor by Elif Shafak is literary fiction that tells the story of a multi-generational story of a Turkish-Kurdish family. Shafak explores the concept of honor in different cultural contexts. The story takes place in Turkey, Gaza, Kurdistan, England, and UAE.

There are a lot of characters in Honor, spread out over 3–4 generations. The story explores the role of culture in shaping people’s lives. We follow Pembe on a journey across oceans, to build a life in a distant place. Her path is not predictable, though, and she ends up switching places with her sister twice. Her identical twin sister, Jamila, the Virgin Midwife spends much of her life close to home. Each sister, in very different ways, has her life shaken. Are they victims of fate or destiny, or the fallibility of humankind?