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An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London

Internationally bestselling Turkish author Elif Shafak鈥檚 new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children.

In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in. After Adem abandons his family, Iskender, the eldest son, must step in and become the one who will not let any shame come to the family name. And when Pembe begins a chaste affair with a man named Elias, Iskender will discover that you could love someone with all your heart and yet be ready to hurt them.

Just published to great acclaim in England, Honor is a powerful, gripping exploration of guilt and innocence, loyalty and betrayal, and the trials of the immigrant, as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tear families apart.

441 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2011

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Elif Shafak

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Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of Weforum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations). An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED Global speaker, each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019.

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399 reviews101 followers
January 13, 2015
I am so blown away by this novel, I can't even begin...... The Guardian review saying that Shafak's writing style is similar to Isabel Allende is correct. Shafak like Allende, is able to tell a story from the point of view of many characters without being confusing. However Shafak also has something of Amin Malouf in that she writes about cultural identities. Most of all, Elif Shafak has her own unique style that combines historical fiction,cultural issues, a little bit of spirituality without being preachy or religious and just plain good storytelling. I could not put this book down. The subject matter might make it seem like it would be a downer, however it's not, it's more bittersweet. Rather than feeling like you're "watching a train wreak in slow motion", reading this book was more like putting together a fascinating, sad and beautiful puzzle that only comes together at the very end. I can't wait to read more books by this author!
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4,010 reviews11.8k followers
November 7, 2017
This is such a phenomenal- interesting - page -turning very enjoyable novel. I was drawn into the storytelling instantly....[ I THINK EVERY ONE OF MY FRIENDS WILL BE TOO].....it鈥檚 mesmerizing and brilliant. This is also my first book by Elif Shafak. It won鈥檛 be the last.
I鈥檝e not read another book quite like this one. It鈥檚 rich in Turkish/Kirdish culture - yet its literary fiction written in English.

I can鈥檛 ever remember reading a novel about an honor killing in the Muslim culture. Had Elif Shafak not been such a gifted storyteller 鈥� it could have felt like reading
Wikipedia. But this novel was equally fascinating historically as it was emotionally.

Iskender Toprak was only 16 years of age, Turkish/Kirdish origin, when he stabbed his mother, Pembe Toprak, to death in Hackney in an act of honour killing in front of his family Home on Lavender Grove.
Pembe, 33 years old, mother of three, (Iskender, Esma, and Yunus), had an extramarital affair. Pembe, no longer lived with her husband, Adem, ( who has a gambling addiction), although they remained married.
When the father is absent, the mother鈥檚 honour is guarded by the eldest son, which in this case was Iskender. Police were investigating whether the teenager acted alone or if he was used as a pawn by other family members to carry out a collective murder plan.

In 1970, the Toprak Family moved to England, from Istanbul ( living in a small village in Euphrates), shorty before Yunas, youngest child was born. Pembe鈥� twin sister, Jamila, stays behind and becomes a virgin midwife.

This book is many things 鈥旓拷 it鈥檚 an immigration story鈥�(Muslims living in England) a story about honour, couture, pride, and its a story about marriage and family. Struggles, taboos, dreams, betrayal, love,loss, regret, grief, and the inequities of the ancient ways between men and women.

A heartbreaking story....written with skill and compassion - thought provoking - and a downright utterly fabulous read!!!!!

Thank you *Isa*, very much for the gift of this book .....
..... and thank you for introducing me to an author I had never read - which would have been a missed opportunity!
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284 reviews477 followers
December 15, 2016
" if there is no harmony inside that person, he will always be angry "

A heart-touching novel about the misleading meaning of honor in the east and some other countries all over the world , honor that concerned only with bodies, women bodies !
This is the story of Pembe and Jamila , Kurdish-Turkish twins and their suffering though life among the retardation ,superstition and injustice .

After reading the Bastard of Istanbul i decided to read more for Elif 艦afak , she handles important and complicated cases in such fantastic rationality and neutrality , there are no bad guys, only there are humans that as much as they make mistakes she keep giving an explanations for their attitudes .
As the bad Community that Adam brought-up in was a reason to his transformation to that bad father , and the same reason why he didn't marry the one he loved . The way that Adam was , was one of the reason to make Iskender the angry teenager .

鈥淣ever had it occurred to him that you could deceive the person you held dear. It was his first lesson in the complexity of love.鈥�

The lies that the mother Pembe lied when she promised him as he was a child that she would not make the doctor circumscribe him , and when he trusted his father that he would not kill the sheep .. but then they let him down , they lied , they lost him at these points but they didn't recognized that until he did his crime .
And the most important thing , the little secrets that we ignore and won't tell our partners about them and how could they grow bigger and bigger until they choke or even turn worst , they make as lose the people we love and ourselves .
And these contradictions of men they drink , gamble and have sexual relationships and contaminate their honor while forcing their wives and sisters to polish theirs !


"some women are married and alone ,some like me are merely alone "

As usual Elif showed amazing indirect meanings and lessons , in an interesting way she fancies you and makes you feel that the novel is more than ordinary at the beginning and at the last third she turns the table and make you think again and re-read some pages again , amazes you at the end .
The third novel i read to Elif and absolutely won't be the last .

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41 reviews79 followers
September 11, 2017
I am blown away , I am actually at a loss of words.... There are so many thoughts going around in my head about this marvellous book! I just need to let time pass in order to fully grasp everything!Just wow, plain and simple as that! Did I say wow?!Wow!
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233 reviews1,504 followers
March 5, 2020
If there is one thing this book succeeds in impressing upon the mind of reader, it is that it takes years and lots of suffering and pain to let go off deep-seated notions of righteousness, passed down through generations in a conservative society. One of the most horrific outcomes of such practices is 鈥榟onour killing鈥� where a woman is murdered in cold blood to supposedly keep the honour of family intact in case she deviates from the rules of modesty dictated by the system. While it is also true that sometimes the awareness of oppressive practices especially prejudices against women, is stifled by the patriarchal systems vigorously lest it upends the existing rules of male dominance.

But what happens when such an act results in a kind of introspection by the perpetrator. When the dark, dingy cells of a prison, lets the murderer come to face with the darkness inside his own heart. When the burden of his own act gets the better of him and he looks for penance, which might never come his way.

This book has at its heart, one such murder 鈥� that of a mother by her teenage son. But this book is also so much more than that. It is a window into a world largely unknown to the developed world, into its customs and mores. It effectively portrays the deprivation of a world that clings to its traditions and rituals to keep a sense of belongingness intact. More importantly, it brings to the fore, the muffled voices of the oppressed women as well as of the sometimes-confused voices of the oppressor, who have never questioned the long held beliefs, who haven鈥檛 felt liberated either from the societal expectations.

And then this book is a page turner too. I was left in awe of Shafak鈥檚 ability to hold reader鈥檚 attention with a fast pacing plot, which gratifies literary senses too.
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Author听2 books5,418 followers
February 7, 2017
賲賱丕丨馗丞 賲賴賲丞: 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 噩夭亍 孬丕賳賺 氐丿乇 丨丿賷孬丕 毓賳 丿丕乇 丕賱丌丿丕亘.

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兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賷賰賲賳 賮賷 丕亘鬲毓丕丿 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕鬲 丕賱毓乇亘賷丕鬲 毓賳 鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱賱氐賷賯丞 亘賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲賴賳 廿賲丕 鬲毓丕賱賷賸丕 兀賵 禺賵賮賸丕 .. 賲賳 乇丿丕鬲 丕賱賮毓賱!

賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱貙 賱丕 賷賰丕丿 賷禺賱賵 賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 賰鬲亘 兀賱賷賮 卮丕賮丕賰 賲賳 賲卮賰賱丞 / 賯囟賷丞 賲睾乇賯丞 賮賷 丕賱賲丨賱賷丞 鬲鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 亘丿賵賳 兀賷 丨乇噩 兀賵 禺賵賮貙 賵賰兀賳賴丕 鬲賯賵賱 賱賱毓丕賱賲: 賴匕賴 亘囟丕毓鬲賷 賲賳 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱貙 丨鬲賶 賱賵 亘丿鬲 賱賰賲 爻禺賷賮丞 兀賵 鬲丕賮賴丞 兀賵 賲丨乇噩丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 賲卮丕賰賱賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮賰賱 噩夭亍丕 賲賳 賴賵賷鬲賷 賵賴賵賷丞 賲噩鬲賲毓賷貙 賵賱賳 兀禺噩賱 賲賳賴丕 兀賵 賲賳賰賲!

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賵賲丕匕丕 毓賳 丕賱氐丿丕賲 亘賷賳 丕賱鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賵丕賱丨丿丕孬丞責
兀賵 丕賱毓賳賮 丕賱兀爻乇賷 囟丿 丕賱賳爻丕亍責
兀賵 鬲爻賱胤 丕賱匕賰賵乇責

廿賱賷賮 卮丕賮丕賰 噩毓賱鬲 賲賳 丕賱亘毓丿 丕賱賯胤乇賷 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 賴匕賴 (賵睾賷乇賴丕) 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 丕賱兀賳噩毓 賳丨賵 亘賱賵睾 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞貙 賮丕賱賲鬲兀賲賱 賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賷噩丿賴丕 鬲丨鬲賮賷 賮賷 賲毓馗賲賴丕 亘丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱兀賲/鬲乇賰賷丕: 卮毓亘賴丕 丕賱賲鬲毓丿丿 丕賱兀毓乇丕賯貙 賲丿賳賴丕 賵兀夭賯鬲賴丕貙 毓丕丿丕鬲賴丕 賵胤賯賵爻賴丕 .. 廿賱禺 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱鬲賲孬賷賱 賱丕 丕賱丨氐乇 賳噩丿 兀賳 兀賱賷賮 卮丕賮丕賰 氐毓丿鬲 爻賱賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 賲賳 兀賵賱 兀丿乇丕噩賴: 兀賷 賲賳 廿賴鬲賲丕賲賴丕 丕賱賲賮乇胤 亘賲丕 賴賵 賲丨賱賷. 賮丕賱丿乇爻 丕賱亘賱賷睾 賲賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 卮丕賮丕賰 賴匕賴 貙 賷賰賲賳 賮賷 囟乇賵乇丞 鬲兀氐賷賱 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賵噩毓賱賴 兀賰孬乇 廿賱鬲氐丕賯丕賸 亘賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賲丨賱賷貙 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 丕賱丕賳賴賲丕賰 賮賷 鬲賳丕賵賱 賯囟丕賷丕 賴丕賲卮賷丞!
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1,247 reviews1,377 followers
February 21, 2014

Honor by Elif Shafak is a tragic story of a shocking honor killing that stuns and shatters the lives and hopes of a Turkish emigrant family living in London in the 1970s.

This book opens with a very strong and beautiful dedication from the author which reads as follows;

When I was seven years old We lived in a green house, one of our neighbours a talented tailor would often beat his wife. In the evenings we listened to the shouts, the crys the swearing. In the mornings we went on with our lives as usual. The entire neighbourhood pretended not to have heard. Not to have seen.
This novel is dedicated to those who hear, those who see.


The stroy within the novel is tragic and powerful and certainly does make you ponder on the lives of those women who deal with situaltion like this everyday. The authors writing and account of an emigrant family living and adapting to life in London in 1970 is very well portrayed. I found the writing good and the characters real and vivid.

The narrative does get a little confusing at times as the stroy deals with a lot of characters and goes back and forth between diffferent time spans, countries and characters and at times the story became quite disjounted for me as a result. I was disappointed with the ending of the novel as it just didn't work for me.

Overall an interesting book and in places very powerful stroy telling from Elif Shafak and I would certainly look out for more books by this author.
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3,876 reviews3,647 followers
July 28, 2020
More of 3.5 stars. This novel suffers from too much being crammed into it. The theme of honor in Turkish and Kurdish culture, then carried into an immigrant situation, is an interesting one. It got bogged down by confusing timelines, too many characters, weird themes like twins and midwives, etc. I was often lost.

I do think the topic of honor killings is important to address, and I wish it had more clarity in these pages. Then I could recommend it as a fictionalized resource, perhaps.
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338 reviews
September 15, 2016
Esma nam u ovom romanu pripovijeda o nekoliko generacija svoje porodice: svojoj majci i tetki, nani, svom ocu i njegovoj porodici, o svojoj bra膰i i sebi. Njena majka i tetka ro膽ene su '40ih godina XX vijeka na obali Eufrata kao sedmo i osmo dijete. Blizankinje su, a njihovi 啪ivoti kre膰u razli膷itim putanjama nakon 拧to se Pembe, Esmina majka, seli u London, a njena sestra, Esmina tetka, D啪emile, ostaje u rodnom kraju....

Elif je u ovom romanu uspjela na tako vje拧t na膷in ispri膷ati sudbinu nekoliko generacija. Roman prati doga膽aje 40ih, 70ih i 90ih godina. Svako poglavlje pripovijeda drugi lik i svako se radnjom nadovezuje na prethodno sve dok u kona膷nici ne dobijemo potpunu sliku doga膽aja koji su prethodili raspadu Esmine porodice. Ono 拧to je posebno zanimljivo je slika Londona 70ih godina i predrasude njegovih stanovnika prema ljudima druge rase i religije. Bez obzira na broj stranica i tematiku koju obra膽uje, roman se jako brzo 膷ita, a u nekoliko navrata sam nai拧la na lijepe citate o ljubavi i porodici. Od mene velika preporuka! :)

"Kad se jednom pogleda拧 o膷ima zaljubljenog u tebe, vi拧e nisi ista osoba."
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877 reviews4,687 followers
March 22, 2016
Well. I think I can officially put Elif Shafak on my favorite authors list.

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917 reviews7,963 followers
February 7, 2017
丕賮囟賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 賱丕賱賷賮 卮丕賮丕賯
鬲乇賰賷夭 噩賲賷賱 毓賱賶 丿賵丕禺賱 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷賴
鬲賳賵毓 賮賶 孬賯丕賮丞 丕亘胤丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 亘丕禺鬲賱丕賮 亘賱丿丕賳賴賲 賵丕賲丕賰賳 賲毓賷卮鬲賴賲 鬲囟毓賰 賮賶 賯賱亘 丕賱丨丿孬 賵鬲噩亘乇賰 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓 鬲胤賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵丕丨丿丕孬賴丕
乇賵丕賷賴 亘亘爻丕胤賴 鬲胤賵賮 亘賰 丕賱毓丕賱賲
鬲乇賰賷夭 丕賱賰丕鬲亘賴 毓賱賶 丕賱胤賵丕卅賮 丕賱賲賴賲卮賴 賷爻丨乇 賵賷噩亘乇賰 毓賱賶 丕丨鬲乇丕賲賴丕(丕賱丕乇賲賳 賮賶 賱賯賷胤丞 丕爻鬲丕賳亘賵賱 賵丕賱丕賰乇丕丿 賮賶 卮乇賮)
賵鬲賯丿賲賴賲 亘丕爻賱賵亘 乇丕賯賶 賮毓賱丕
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465 reviews593 followers
December 22, 2017
An honor killing in London is not your typical theme for a novel, so the characters radiating out from this event were interesting to get to know. I was drawn in by the twin sisters and enjoyed how it came to light that the sister who found love was left alone. The twin who did marry had reasons other than passion for doing so.

Although the chapter headings were very clearly marked with location and date, I think they could have been better shuffled to reveal some key items of interest earlier. Had I known sooner why Jamila was alone, her character would have pulled more empathy from me. She was an interesting young lady, and additional details about her life, as opposed to that of Adem, would have drawn me toward her character. It wasn't until nearly too late that I felt a connection with her.

Similarly, I might have cared more about Adem and how his young life experiences impacted his son had the dam scene been revealed a bit earlier. Flashbacks and different points of view are common devices in novels, but there is a risk in waiting too long for certain characters' individual stories to reveal themselves. A better editor could have realigned these timelines and made me love the story's inhabitants much sooner.

The reasons behind the actual honor killing by Alex were not drawn with very much depth. Yes, we know the basics - but for this loving son to have acted with a shallowly described motive mildly insults his emotions and internal conflict. One had to assume that his father had told him ugly stories about his own mother, rather poisoning him toward women, but we know that he was loathe do so. This area wasn't woven with much detail.

Ultimately, I did not feel much of a connection to any of the characters aside from Pembe. A mild point of irritation for me was that the author brought up conjoined twins who were of two different genders. One egg can split into identical twins, but obviously they must be of the same sex.
3.5 for the unusual topic and the surprises.
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February 10, 2017
丨丕噩鬲賷賳 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿丕賷賯賵賳賷 兀賵賷貙 兀賵賱丕 丕賱睾賱丕賮貙 丨丕爻爻 廿賳 賲氐賲賲丞 丕賱睾賱丕賮 丿丞 兀禺丿鬲 丕賱乇爻賲丞 丕賱賱賷 丕亘賳賴丕 乇爻賲賴丕 賵賴賵 賮賷 丨囟丕賳丞 賵毓賲賱鬲賴丕 睾賱丕賮 毓卮丕賳 鬲噩亘乇 亘禺丕胤乇賵貙 鬲丕賳賷 丨丕噩丞 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲貙 丨賵丕賱賷 禺賲爻 兀賵 爻鬲 毓亘丕乇丕鬲 亘賷鬲乇噩賲賴賲 鬲乇噩賲丞 丨乇賮賷丞 囟賷毓鬲 丕賱賲毓賳賶 鬲賲丕賲丕貙 孬賯丕賮鬲賵 囟毓賷賮丞 兀賵賷 賮賷 丕賱賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 丕賱睾賷乇 乇爻賲賷丞貙 賲孬賱丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賰鬲亘鬲 廿賳 賵丕丨丿丞 賯丕賱鬲 毓賱賶 賵丕丨丿 廿賳賵
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鬲賯氐丿 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱賲鬲毓丕乇賮 毓賱賷賴 睾亘賷 兀賵 乇禺賲 兀賵 乇夭賱貙 賯丕賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨乇賮賷 "賮鬲丨丞 卮乇噩"貙 賵胤亘毓丕 丨丕噩丞 鬲賲賵鬲 賲賳 丕賱囟丨賰

睾賷乇 賰丿丞貙 賲賳 兀丨賱賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賴丕丿賮丞 丕賱賱賷 賯乇賷鬲賴丕

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丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘鬲亘丿兀 亘卮丕亘 毓賳丿賵 鬲賱丕鬲賷賳 爻賳丞 賵禺丕乇噩 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳貙 亘乇丞 丕賱爻噩賳 亘鬲賳鬲馗乇賵 兀禺鬲賵貙 亘賳毓乇賮 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 丕賱賱賷 丕乇鬲賰亘賴丕貙 賵賴賵 毓賳丿賵 16 爻賳丞 賯鬲賱 賲丕賲鬲賵. 賵亘毓丿 賰丿丞 亘鬲亘丿兀 賮賱丕卮 亘丕賰 胤賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 孬賱丕孬丞 兀噩賷丕賱貙 賯氐丞 噩丿丞 丕賱卮丕亘 丿丞貙 賯氐丞 賵丕賱丿鬲賵 賵兀禺賵丕鬲賴丕貙 賯氐丞 賵丕賱丿賵 賵廿禺賵丕鬲賵貙 賯氐丞 丕賱卮丕亘 賳賮爻賵 賵廿禺賵丕鬲賵貙 丕賱賯氐氐 賲鬲丿丕禺賱丞 賱丕 賷鬲賲 爻乇丿賴丕 賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿貙 賷毓賳賷 賲賵賯賮 賲賳 爻賳丞 1978貙 賲賵賯賮 賲賳 爻賳丞 1991貙 賲賵賯賮 賲賳 爻賳丞 1951貙 賵賴賰匕丕

亘毓丿 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓乇賮鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 亘鬲毓賲賱 丕賷賴貙 賵毓乇賮鬲 毓亘賯乇賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 賵胤亘毓丕 賰丕賳 賯乇丕乇 丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲 賵丕噩亘貙 亘鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 孬賱丕孬丞 兀噩賷丕賱 毓卮丕賳 鬲賵乇賷賳丕 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賱賷 賲乇鬲 賮賷 禺賱丕賱 兀乇亘毓賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸 賵兀丿鬲 廿賳 賲乇丕賴賯 賮賷 丕賱爻丕丿爻丞 毓卮乇 賲賳 毓賲乇賴 賷賯賵賲 亘賯鬲賱 賵丕賱丿鬲賴貙 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴鬲鬲毓丕胤賮 賲毓 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賰賱賴丕貙 賵賴鬲賮賴賲 丕賷賴 丕賱賱賷 丨氐賱 毓卮丕賳 丕賱賵賱丿 賷毓賲賱 賰丿丞

乇賵丕賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞貙 禺賱鬲賳賷 賵兀賳丕 亘賯乇兀 兀亘氐 賱亘賳鬲賷 匕丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賲 賵丕賱賳氐賮 賵兀賯賵賱 兀賳丕 兀賲賵鬲 兀丨爻賳 賲賳 廿賳 兀賳丕 兀禺乇亘 丕賱兀爻乇丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丕賱賱賷 兀賳丕 兀賳卮兀鬲賴丕貙 毓卮丕賳 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賱丕 鬲賲賵鬲貙 亘鬲毓賷卮 賲毓 丕賱噩賷賱 丕賱賱賷 亘毓丿賷賳丕 賵亘毓丿 亘毓丿賷賳丕 賰賲丕賳.
賱賵 賯丕乇賳丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 亘毓賲賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱兀卮賴乇 "賯賵丕毓丿 丕賱毓卮賯 丕賱兀乇亘毓賵賳" 賴賳賯賵賱 廿賳 賯賵丕毓丿 丕賱毓卮賯 賲賲鬲毓 兀賰孬乇貙 亘爻 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賴鬲毓賷卮 賲毓丕賰 兀賰鬲乇 亘賰鬲賷乇 賵賴鬲兀孬乇 賮賷賰 兀賰鬲乇 亘賰鬲賷乇
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April 11, 2024
袠屑邪 泻薪懈谐懈, 芯褌 泻芯懈褌芯 斜芯谢懈, 泻薪懈谐懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 蟹薪邪械褕, 褔械 褖械 褉邪蟹斜懈褟褌 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 褌懈 薪邪 锌邪褉褔械褌邪 薪芯 胁褗锌褉械泻懈 褌芯胁邪 谐懈 褔械褌械褕 褋 芯谐褉芯屑薪芯 褍写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁懈械 懈 薪邪泻褉邪褟 褋械 胁谢褞斜胁邪褕 胁 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 懈 谐械褉芯懈褌械. 袨斜懈褔邪屑 鈥溞笛佈傗€� 薪邪 袝谢懈褎 楔邪褎邪泻 芯褌 锌褗褉胁邪褌邪 写芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪 懈 蟹薪邪屑, 褔械 写褗谢谐芯 褖械 褟 锌芯屑薪褟. 袧邪泄-谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪 屑懈 薪械泄薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 邪 懈 薪械 褋邪屑芯 馃挒

袦薪芯谐芯 屑懈 械 褌褉褍写薪芯 写邪 褉邪蟹泻邪卸邪 蟹邪 褉芯屑邪薪邪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 薪械 屑懈 褋械 懈褋泻邪 写邪 懈蟹写邪胁邪屑 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褋锌芯屑械薪邪褌芯褌芯 胁 邪薪芯褌邪褑懈褟褌邪. 小械屑械泄薪邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟, 泻芯褟褌芯 薪懈 胁芯写懈 锌褉械蟹 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈褟, 写褗褉卸邪胁懈 懈 褉芯写芯褋谢芯胁懈械褌芯 薪邪 械写薪邪 褎邪屑懈谢懈褟. 楔邪褎邪泻 薪懈 锌芯褌邪锌褟 胁 褌邪泄薪懈褌械, 褋锌芯屑械薪懈褌械 懈 褌褉邪胁屑懈褌械 薪邪 谐谢邪胁薪懈褌械 薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 锌芯 械写懈薪 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌械薪 懈 褍屑械谢 薪邪褔懈薪. 小褌懈谢褗褌 械 谢械泻 懈 锌芯械褌懈褔械薪. 袗蟹 斜褟褏 褋 褌褟褏 懈 写芯 褌褟褏 锌褉械蟹 褑褟谢芯褌芯 胁褉械屑械. 袙 泻褞褉写褋泻芯褌芯 褋械谢芯 写芯 褉械泻邪 袝褎褉邪褌 褋 袩械屑斜械 懈 袛卸邪屑懈谢邪, 胁 懈蟹芯褋褌邪胁械薪邪褌邪 泻褗褖邪 胁 啸邪泻薪懈, 袥芯薪写芯薪 褋 挟薪褍褋 懈 孝芯斜懈泻芯, 胁 袠褋褌邪薪斜褍谢 褋 袗写械屑 懈 蟹邪 屑邪谢泻芯 胁 袘褗谢谐邪褉懈褟 褋 袪芯泻褋邪薪邪. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈, 褔械 褋褞卸械褌邪 锌褉械褋泻邪褔邪 锌褉械蟹 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈 胁褉械屑械胁懈 锌械褉懈芯写懈 懈 谐谢械写薪懈褌械 褌芯褔泻懈 薪邪 褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈褌械 谐械褉芯懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 屑械薪褟褌 斜褍泻胁邪谢薪芯 胁褋褟泻邪 褋谢械写胁邪褖邪 谐谢邪胁邪, 胁 屑械薪 薪懈褌芯 蟹邪 屑懈谐 薪褟屑邪褕械 芯斜褗褉泻胁邪薪械 懈 褔褍写械薪泻邪 泻褗写械 褋褗屑 懈 泻芯泄 褉邪蟹泻邪蟹胁邪 胁 屑芯屑械薪褌邪.

袣邪泻褌芯 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褉芯谢褟褌邪 懈 芯斜褉邪蟹邪 薪邪 屑邪泄泻邪褌邪 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋懈谢薪芯 屑械 褉邪蟹胁褗谢薪褍胁邪, 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈, 锌褉懈褌械褋薪懈, 褌芯褉屑芯蟹懈 懈 写芯褉懈 褍锌谢邪褕懈. 肖械薪芯屑械薪邪谢薪邪 楔邪褎邪泻!!!

鈥溞溞靶剐盒� 屑懈 褍屑褉褟 写胁邪 锌褗褌懈.鈥� - 薪褟屑邪 褌邪泻芯胁邪 锌褗褉胁芯 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈械鈥�

鈥溞溞靶剐盒秆傂� 薪械 芯褌懈胁邪褌 薪邪 薪械斜械褌芯, 褋谢械写 泻邪褌芯 褍屑褉邪褌. 袩芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褌 褋锌械褑懈邪谢薪芯 褉邪蟹褉械褕械薪懈械 芯褌 袘芯谐 写邪 锌芯芯褋褌邪薪邪褌 芯褖械 屑邪谢泻芯 懈 写邪 薪邪谐谢械卸写邪褌 写械褑邪褌邪 褋懈, 泻邪泻胁芯褌芯 懈 写邪 褋械 械 褋谢褍褔懈谢芯 屑械卸写褍 褌褟褏 锌褉械蟹 泻褉邪褌泻懈褟 懈屑 蟹械屑械薪 卸懈胁芯褌.鈥�

鈥溞熝€械写锌芯谢邪谐邪屑, 褔械 褌芯胁邪 褋褗锌械褉薪懈褔械褋褌胁芯 屑械卸写褍 褉芯写薪懈薪懈褌械 薪褟屑邪 泻褉邪泄. 袧邪写锌褉械胁邪褉胁邪褌械 褋械 蟹邪 谢褞斜芯胁褌邪 薪邪 褉芯写懈褌械谢懈褌械 写芯褉懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褌褟褏 胁械褔械 谐懈 薪褟屑邪.鈥�
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85 reviews108 followers
April 8, 2024
袧邪锌褗谢薪芯 蟹邪褋谢褍卸械薪懈 袩袝孝 蟹胁械蟹写懈 蟹邪 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪.

袝褌芯 褌邪泻邪 褋褗屑 褋懈 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁褟谢邪 褋褉械褖邪褌邪 褋懈 褋 楔邪褎邪泻, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋褗屑 褔械谢邪 鈥炐浹幮毙拘测€� 懈 鈥炐毿拘啃敌恍笛傂� 薪邪 袠褋褌邪薪斜褍谢鈥�, 褋 泻芯懈褌芯, 褍胁懈, 薪械 褋械 褏邪褉械褋邪褏屑械 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯. 袠屑邪-薪褟屑邪 写械褋械褌 谐芯写懈薪懈 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 胁 鈥炐笛佈傗€� 斜械褕械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪褏 鈥� 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪, 褉邪蟹褌褗褉褋胁邪褖邪, 褋褗褋懈锌胁邪褖邪 懈 芯褋褌邪胁褟褖邪 屑薪芯谐芯 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈 褋谢械写 褋械斜械 褋懈. 小褗褋 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯褋褌 褋褗写斜邪褌邪 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 谐械褉芯懈 褖械 褋械 薪邪褋褌邪薪懈 蟹邪写褗谢谐芯 胁 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 屑懈. 孝邪泻邪 懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 斜褗写械.
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579 reviews254 followers
September 20, 2024
A heartbreaking saga of a family torn apart by resentment, misunderstanding, and the fragile interpretation of honor. Lyrical and reflective, this novel explores the bittersweet immigrant experience, the pains of leaving one home to create another, the balancing of tradition and assimilation, and the nuances of cultural expectations and expressions. It is a look into the ways that withheld truths both save and damn us, how our freedoms are almost never without cost, and how the things meant to empower us can be used as a means of harm when in the wrong hands. It is a devastating look at misguided youth, of aching hearts, of intentions and actions, of sisterly love and of sacrificing one happiness for the chance at another. Gripping, and full of the dire choices many women must make everyday, Honor is a stunning account of a life lived with great pain, but great love as well.
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7,109 reviews551 followers
March 6, 2013
Disclaimer: I read this as an ARC via Netgalley. Thank you, Penguin.

Good literature, a good story, stirs something in you besides emotion. This is because we, humans, learn though stories. Whether it is though the fables of Aesop or the narrative that the nightly news uses, stories are an integral part of your life. A good story, or to be more exact, a good presentation of story makes the listener or reader think, to move outside of herself, to move beyond the habit and culture that she knows. A good story tries to explain the unexplainable.

This is what Honour by Elif Shafak does.

At first glance, the book seems to be along the lines of Brick Lane - a story of two sisters, Pembe and Jamila 鈥� one of whom immigrants to London where she meets her eventual fate at the hands of her son. At second glance, the book looks like a fictional story about an honor killing in the United Kingdom. Both glances are right and both are wrong.

In many ways this book is similar to Brick Lane, though Pembe is not depressed and the story is more active, and it is about an honor killing. Yet the book鈥檚 main focus is honor, but honor beyond that of the idea of honor that leads to what critics call 鈥渟o called honor鈥� murder. It is honor that sets the story in motion, long before the birth of Pembe, Jamila, or Pembe鈥檚 children Iskender, Esma, or Yunus. It is an old honor code that effects the lives of Pembe, and her husband Adem, and not the type of honor you are thinking of as you read this.

The narrative is told though shifting viewpoints, covering most of the family members, and this choice puts the reader in a unique, and perhaps, disconcerting place. In her book about honor killings, Rana Husseini relates her encounters with the men in the families who sanctioned the killings of their female relatives or those men who killed the women. She wanted to understand or at least come close to an explanation of for the action. That is in part what Shafak does here. By using multiple viewpoints, by having the reader know a crucial outcome of the story, Shafak is able to get the reader to see what drove Iskender to the murder. The reader may not like Iskender but the reader does not feel hate towards him. In part because the reader can see the forces that move him 鈥� the racism in society, the displacement, the lack of a father figure, the choosing of someone to replace that figure, the rejection by family - that lead to the action. The reader can also see what saves his two siblings from making the same choices or reacting the same way. The society that is liberating for some can cause others to fail, fall, and crash if a safety net is not there.

I confess that I was somewhat surprised to see the viewpoint of Iskender but in many ways, his viewpoint is central to the novel. The first thing it does is stop the book from being like the movie of the week or the sensationalism that some news stories use. It goes deep, and the reader not only recoils in horror but also sorrows with pity and anger. There is a desire for change in the novel 鈥� change at every level not just in the family but in both types of societies 鈥� the Kurdish region of Turkey that Pembe and Jamila come from and the society of England that Pembe lives in. The sisters are let down by both even as other members of the family are supported by both.

Shafak鈥檚 style not only invokes the settings of her novels, but she captures characters well, engages the reader without preaching to the reader. There is intensity in the writing, but there is also a story telling quality to it. In many ways, it feels like the reader is sitting with Shafak at table, on which sits sesame halva and tea.
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May 30, 2020
A book I read a while ago and which I remembered when I saw an altercation between a couple.

"Honor" - begins with a murder : a son stabs his mother, for that he suspects her of adultery, and for that he thinks it his duty to defend the honor of the family.
It is the last gesture, which explodes the consequences of a set of values, in which men are born for honor, and women - for shame.

It is something that happens in traditionalist Muslim communities, including immigrant communities.
The story is built from several perspectives - one of the killer son, imprisoned in the '90, but will continue with that of his sister, Esme, who wants to write about their family, especially the mother, and to preserve them somehow, his presence.
The third angle is offered by the narrator's gaze, which has acces to the past of the other characters.

By resorting to flashbacks, the narrator brings to the book stories that talk about traditionalist mentalities, and about how they conflict with individual needs, and freedom of choice.
Elif Shafak describes a complicated model of existence, in which immigrants from a culture with rigid norms - experience a culture shock, in the loan country, but they find themselves appreciating certain values and freedoms guaranteed here.

It is a book that credibly problematizes life situations, that in the extreme - lead to death.
A world where women have a bitter slice, whatever the context.
A distinction that will operate for three generation, one that begins to be erased by the voice of Esme - the writer-sister, who denounces the injustice of such stereotypes.
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August 25, 2012
I feel mean giving this book such a low rating but while it deals with the difficult subject matter with sensitivity and empathy it just has too many similarities with the two best-known British novels dealing with the immigrant experience: Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Monica Ali's Brick Lane. The divided sisters motif in Brick Lane is reproduced here, and the central Iskander character is uncomfortably close to Smith's Millat - while his brother Yunus is almost a copy of the same novel's Josh, a naive kid with a crush on a punk chick. Shafak's attempts to write a polyvocal novel flounder against an inability to maintain a consistent style for each character, and there is a serious clash of tones between a kind of magical realism which is more in the style of Hawthorne than Garcia Marquez, and the broad, almost parodic treatment of the squatters, and Iskander's almost buffoonish spiritual mentor - amongst others. This worked in Smith's Dickensian sprawl of a novel, but it doesn't fit with the serious tone of the rest of the book. Like Ali's Brick Lane, the denoument is unrealistically redemptive, leaving little to linger in the mind after reading.

Shafak's real strength is in domestic settings and intimate relationships: I would certainly read another novel that played to these, but 'Honour' feels like old ingredients in a new sauce.
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September 30, 2017
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227 reviews252 followers
February 18, 2019
"Inima omului e ca soba. Producem c膬ldur膬, facem energie, 卯n fiecare zi. Dar c芒nd acuz膬m pe al葲ii, c芒nd spunem lucruri cumplite, energia din膬untru se duce 卯n alt膬 parte. Inima se r膬ce葯te.

E 卯ntotdeauna mai bine s膬 prive葯ti 卯n膬untru. Las膬-i pe ceilal葲i s膬-葯i poarte singuri de grij膬. Fiecare am膬r膬ciune e bagaj greu. De ce s膬-l cari? E葯ti un balon cu aer cald. Spune-mi unde vrei s膬 mergi 卯n sus sau 卯n jos? Las膬 卯n urm膬 furia, durerea, las膬 sacii s膬 cad膬.

Cand deveneai prima oara tata, iti inchipuiai copilul ca pe o prelungire a ta. Te umplea de mandrie, de un sentiment de implinire si inradacinare, pana ajungeai sa-ti dai seama, incetul cu incetul, ca un copil era propria lui creatie. Nu se abatea de la destinul lui, oricat de mult ti-ai fi dorit, l-ai fi indemnat sau l-ai fi silit sa mearga pe urmele tale."
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133 reviews199 followers
May 4, 2022
"Mothers don鈥檛 go to heaven when they die. They get special permission from God to stay around a bit longer and watch over their children, no matter what has passed between them in their brief mortal lives."
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334 reviews140 followers
November 25, 2022
This novel deals with a Kurdish family who emigrates to London and their challenges to integrate into a brand new culture.

Though Iskender grows up in the English culture and becomes a young, handsome man who loves listening to the Bee Gees with his English girlfriend, he will not be able to escape the deeply rooted family traditions and obligations as a man to 鈥榮ave the honor鈥�.

And dear me (!) have I been shocked by this guy麓s actions for the sake of "saving the honor"!

You broke my heart, Iskender!! 馃挃馃挃馃挃馃槶
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291 reviews127 followers
June 10, 2021
A beautiful, gut-wrenching, multi-generational tale of love and honour that revolves around family values, deeply inscribed cultural misconceptions, dilemma and suffering.

The majority of the story is told through the perspectives of Pembe, her identical twin sister Jamila, her children Iskender, Esma and Yunus, her husband Adem and her lover Elias. While primarily the book deals with the subject of honour killings, it is much more than that. It talks of how culture defines us and the things we do today are a result of inter-generational learning and suppression.

is a natural storyteller and excels in building realistic characters - it was difficult not to feel compassion for even the most flawed of them. Her vivid storytelling helps you establish an instant connection with them and feel their deepest emotions.

Shafak also brings our focus to issues like racism, immigration crisis, sexism and substance abuse. Despite the seriousness of these topics, Shafak deals with them in an easygoing manner without making it triggering for the readers. Honestly, I'm upset that I only discovered Shafak now when she has been writing for years. I will definitely be adding more of her works to my TBR.

4 beautiful 馃専 for this beauty!

TW: Racism, Domestic Violence, Suicide, Death and Substance Abuse.
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228 reviews35 followers
March 18, 2021
醿斸儭 醿樶儶醿樶儣, 醿犪儩醿掅儩醿犪儤 醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儛?
醿愥儤 醿儛醿犪儧醿濁儤醿撫儝醿樶儨醿斸儣, 醿犪儩醿� 醿儛醿犪儣 醿椺儯醿犪儱醿斸儣醿ㄡ儤, 醿濁儲醿濁儨醿� 醿愥儬醿� 醿♂儮醿愥儧醿戓儯醿氠儴醿� 醿愥儨 醿斸儝醿斸儣 醿掅儛醿炨儬醿樶儛醿氠償醿戓儯醿� 醿⑨儯醿犪儤醿♂儮醿a儦 醿メ儛醿氠儛醿メ儴醿�. 醿♂儛醿撫儧醿� 醿a儰醿犪儩 醿♂儤醿︶儬醿涐償醿ㄡ儤: 醿♂儛醿メ儛醿犪儤醿愥儴醿�, 醿愥儞醿愥優醿愥儢醿愥儬醿ㄡ儤, 醿濁儬醿撫儯醿ㄡ儤 醿愥儨 醿♂儛醿撫儧醿� 醿♂儺醿曖儛 醿♂儯醿め儣醿� 醿椺儯醿犪儱醿a儦 醿涐儴醿曖儤醿� 醿メ儛醿氠儛醿メ儴醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿撫儛醿儯醿溼儷醿氠儯醿氠儤醿� 醿⑨儬醿愥儞醿樶儶醿樶償醿戓儤醿�, 醿椺儱醿涐儯醿氠償醿戓償醿戓儤醿�, 醿掅儠醿愥儬醿斸儜醿樶儣, 醿ㄡ儣醿愥儧醿濁儧醿愥儠醿氠儩醿戓償醿戓儤醿�, 醿愥儬醿濁儧醿愥儮醿斸儜醿樶儣, 醿掅償醿涐儩醿斸儜醿樶儣, 醿ㄡ償醿償醿撫儯醿氠償醿戓償醿戓儤醿�, 醿儬醿a儬醿儧醿斸儨醿斸儜醿樶儣醿� 醿撫儛 醿儛醿氠儤醿愥儨 醿掅償醿涐儬醿樶償醿氠儤 醿┽儛醿樶儣. 醿搬儩醿撫儛, 醿┽儛醿涐儩醿償醿メ儤醿� 醿♂儛醿撫儧醿� 醿愥儞醿掅儤醿氠儩醿戓儬醿樶儠 醿┽儛醿樶儺醿愥儨醿愥儴醿�, 醿斸儨醿樶儭 醿メ儠醿斸儴 醿撫儛醿樶儞醿斸儣 醿ㄡ儛醿メ儛醿犪儳醿樶儨醿a儦醿� 醿撫儛 醿涐儤醿愥儳醿濁儦醿斸儣 醿п儠醿斸儦醿愥儢醿� 醿掅償醿涐儬醿樶償醿氠儤 醿┽儛醿� 醿撫償醿撫儛醿涐儤醿儛醿栣償. 醿濁儲醿濁儨醿� 醿掅儛醿儭醿濁儠醿撫償醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿ㄡ儛醿メ儛醿犪儳醿樶儨醿a儦醿� 醿┽儛醿樶儭 醿戓儩醿氠儩 醿п儦醿a優醿愥儧醿撫償 醿a儨醿撫儛 醿掅償醿п儩醿� 醿撫儛 醿樶儭 醿a儨醿撫儛 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿樶儢醿濁儝醿濁儣. 醿愥儤 醿愥儭醿斸儣醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儛 醿斸儦醿樶儰 醿ㄡ儛醿め儛醿メ儤醿� 鈥溼儲醿樶儬醿♂償醿戓儛醿€�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿a儨醿撫儛 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿樶儢醿濁儝醿濁儣 醿撫儛 醿溼償醿�-醿溼償醿氠儛 醿撫儛醿愥儝醿斸儧醿濁儠醿溼儩醿�.

鈥溼儲醿樶儬醿♂償醿戓儛鈥� 醿儛醿氠儤醿愥儨 醿♂儸醿犪儛醿め儛醿� 醿掅儛醿メ儬醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿涐儛醿︶儛醿栣儤醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿椺儛醿犪儩醿斸儜醿樶儞醿愥儨 醿撫儛 醿撫儤醿撫儤 醿炨儩醿炨儯醿氠儛醿犪儩醿戓儤醿� 醿♂儛醿犪儝醿斸儜醿氠儩醿戓儭 醿♂儛醿メ儛醿犪儣醿曖償醿氠儩醿ㄡ儤. 醿斸儭 醿愥儦醿戓儛醿� 醿樶儧醿樶儭 醿撫儛醿涐儭醿愥儺醿a儬醿斸儜醿愥儛, 醿犪儩醿� 醿メ儛醿犪儣醿曖償醿氠償醿戓儤 醿涐償醿溼儮醿愥儦醿a儬 醿♂儤醿愥儺醿氠儩醿曖償醿� 醿掅儬醿儨醿濁儜醿斸儨 醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儭 醿栣儩醿掅儤醿斸儬醿� 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿椺儛醿�. 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿愥儭醿椺儛醿� 醿撫儛醿涐儩醿欋儤醿撫償醿戓儯醿氠償醿戓儛醿ㄡ儤 醿犪儛醿︶儛醿� 醿涐儭醿掅儛醿曖儭醿斸儜醿愥儭 醿償醿撫儛醿曖償醿�. 醿┽償醿涐儤 醿愥儢醿犪儤醿�, 醿欋儤 醿ㄡ儛醿め儛醿メ儤 醿栣儯醿★拷锟结儛醿� 醿樶儧 醿涐儛醿溼儥醿樶償醿� 醿涐償醿溼儮醿愥儦醿濁儜醿愥儭 醿欋儤醿儺醿愥儠醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儣醿愥儨醿愥儶 醿椺儠醿樶儣醿樶儞醿斸儨醿⑨儤醿め儤醿儤醿犪償醿戓儛醿� 醿愥儺醿撫償醿溼償醿� 醿メ儛醿犪儣醿曖償醿氠償醿戓儤.

醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儭 醿♂儤醿a儫醿斸儮醿� 醿曖儤醿椺儛醿犪儞醿斸儜醿� 醿♂儩醿め償醿氠儴醿�, 醿涐儞醿樶儨醿愥儬醿� 醿斸儠醿め儬醿愥儮醿樶儭 醿炨儤醿犪儛醿� 醿撫儛 醿氠儩醿溼儞醿濁儨醿ㄡ儤 醿メ儯醿犪儣醿�-醿椺儯醿犪儱醿� 醿⑨儳醿a優醿� 醿撫償醿戓儤醿� 醿掅儛醿犪儴醿斸儧醿�. 醿⑨儳醿a優醿� 醿撫償醿戓儤醿� 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪償醿戓儛 醿撫儛 醿戓償醿撫儤醿♂儸醿斸儬醿� 醿涐儛醿掅儤醿a儬醿愥儞 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿斸儬醿椺儧醿愥儨醿斸儣醿ㄡ儤 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿儦醿愥儬醿椺儯醿氠儤. 醿涐儛醿椺儤 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪償醿戓儛, 醿涐儤醿a儺醿斸儞醿愥儠醿愥儞 醿樶儧醿樶儭醿�, 醿椺儯 醿♂儛醿� 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪儩醿戓償醿�, 醿♂儛醿曖儭醿斸儛 醿⑨儬醿愥儝醿樶儢醿涐儤醿� 醿撫儛 醿戓償醿撫儤醿♂儸醿斸儬醿樶儭 醿掅儛醿犪儞醿愥儯醿曖儦醿濁儜醿樶儣. 醿涐儛醿椺儤 醿掅儢醿斸儜醿� 醿樶儳醿濁儰醿�, 醿♂儺醿曖儛醿撫儛醿♂儺醿曖儛 醿メ儠醿斸儳醿愥儨醿愥儴醿� 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪儩醿戓償醿�, 醿涐儛醿掅儬醿愥儧 醿涐儛醿椺儤 醿戓償醿撫儤醿♂儸醿斸儬醿� 醿樶儩醿⑨儤醿♂儩醿撫償醿溼儛醿撫儛醿� 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ儩醿犪儞醿斸儜醿� 醿斸儬醿椺儧醿愥儨醿斸儣醿�. 醿涐償 醿涐儤醿п儠醿愥儬醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿斸儜醿�, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿戓償醿撫儤醿♂儸醿斸儬醿� 醿儛醿氠儥醿� 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿樶儠醿樶儣醿愥儛 醿掅儛醿涐儩醿п儩醿め儤醿氠儤, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿椺儤醿椺儱醿濁儭 醿樶儧醿撫償醿溼儛醿� 醿涐儳醿愥儬醿樶儛 醿撫儛 醿儩醿儺醿愥儦醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿償醿氠儭醿愥儶 醿ㄡ償醿愥儺醿斸儜. 醿涐儣醿斸儦醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿� 醿♂儛醿曖儭醿斸儛 醿涐儛醿掅儤醿a儬醿濁儜醿樶儣, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿撫儤醿撫儤 醿椺儯 醿炨儛醿⑨儛醿犪儛 醿涐儩醿曖儦醿斸儨醿�, 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿儳醿曖償醿⑨儤醿氠償醿戓儛, 醿溼儛醿戓儤醿儤, 醿♂儤醿⑨儳醿曖儛 醿樶儸醿曖償醿曖儭 醿♂儺醿曖儛 醿涐儩醿曖儦醿斸儨醿斸儜醿� 醿撫儛 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿儳醿曖償醿⑨儤醿氠償醿戓償醿戓儭. 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿ㄡ償醿撫償醿掅儤 醿涐儩醿メ儧醿斸儞醿� 醿掅儧醿樶儬醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿撫儝醿涐儯醿氠儤 醿溼儛醿戓儤醿償醿戓儤醿� 醿戓儬醿愥儦醿樶儛. 醿儴醿樶儬醿愥儞 醿欋儤 醿斸儭 醿溼儛醿戓儤醿償醿戓儤 醿愥儣醿濁儜醿樶儣 醿儦醿樶儭 醿儤醿� 醿樶儱醿溼儛 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿撫儝醿涐儯醿氠儤鈥�

醿涐償醿溼儮醿愥儦醿a儬醿� 醿炨儬醿濁儜醿氠償醿涐儛, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿ㄡ儤 醿撫儝醿愥儭, 醿儛醿氠儤醿愥儨 醿愥儱醿⑨儯醿愥儦醿a儬醿樶儛 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿椺儠醿樶儭醿愥儶. 醿愥儬醿♂償醿戓儩醿戓儭 醿欋儯醿氠儮醿a儬醿斸儜醿�, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿� 醿椺儤醿椺儱醿濁儭 醿メ儛醿氠儤醿� 醿♂儺醿斸儯醿氠儴醿樶儛 醿┽儛醿撫償醿戓儯醿氠儤, 醿掅償醿掅儩醿溼償醿戓儛 醿メ儛醿氠儤 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿涐儛醿⑨儛醿犪償醿戓償醿氠儤 醿儯醿犪儹醿斸儦醿� 醿樶儳醿濁儭. 醿犪儛 醿椺儱醿涐儛 醿a儨醿撫儛, 醿涐儭醿掅儛醿曖儭醿� 醿撫儛醿涐儩醿欋儤醿撫償醿戓儯醿氠償醿戓儛 醿a儶醿儩醿� 醿撫儛醿♂儛醿曖儦醿斸儣醿樶儭 醿メ儠醿斸儳醿溼償醿戓儤醿♂儛醿椺儠醿樶儭 醿撫儛 醿償醿♂儤醿� 醿a儶醿儩 醿a儨醿撫儛 醿樶儳醿濁儭 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿椺儠醿樶儭醿愥儶. 醿償醿♂儤醿�.. 醿涐儛醿掅儬醿愥儧 醿♂儛醿涐儸醿a儺醿愥儬醿濁儞, 醿樶儭醿斸儠醿� 醿犪儩醿掅儩醿犪儶 醿樶儭醿氠儛醿涐儯醿� 醿欋儯醿氠儮醿a儬醿斸儜醿ㄡ儤, 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿椺儛醿溼儛醿� 醿メ儛醿氠儤醿� 醿炨儛醿♂儯醿儤醿♂儧醿掅償醿戓儦醿濁儜醿� 醿♂儺醿曖儛醿� 醿撫儛 醿欋儛醿儤醿� 鈥� 醿♂儺醿曖儛. 醿♂儸醿濁儬醿斸儞 醿斸儭 醿撫儤醿♂儜醿愥儦醿愥儨醿♂儤 醿炨儛醿♂儯醿儤醿♂儧醿掅償醿戓儦醿濁儜醿斸儜醿ㄡ儤 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿戓儤醿氠償醿椺儤 醿掅償醿溼儞醿斸儬醿a儦醿� 醿a儣醿愥儨醿愥儭醿儩醿犪儩醿戓儤醿♂儛醿欋償醿�. 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ償醿樶儷醿氠償醿戓儛, 醿メ儛醿氠儭 醿涐償醿⑨儤 醿愥儥醿犪儷醿愥儦醿曖償醿戓儤 醿搬儱醿濁儨醿撫償醿� 醿撫儛 醿欋儛醿儭 鈥� 醿溼儛醿欋儦醿斸儜醿�. 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ償醿樶儷醿氠償醿戓儛, 醿メ儛醿氠儤 醿樶儳醿濁儭 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿涐儛醿⑨儛醿犪償醿戓償醿氠儤 醿儯醿犪儹醿斸儦醿� 醿撫儛 醿欋儛醿儤醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿� 醿樶儳醿濁儭 醿儩醿氠儤醿� 醿愥儨 醿メ儛醿氠儤醿ㄡ儠醿樶儦醿樶儭 醿メ儶醿斸儠醿�. 醿愥儧 醿撫儬醿濁儭 醿欋儤 醿欋儛醿儤 醿樶儳醿濁儭 醿儩醿氠儤醿� 醿涐儩醿︶儛醿氠儛醿⑨償, 醿氠儩醿椺儤, 醿a儭醿愥儱醿涐儯醿犪儤, 醿涐儛醿掅儬醿愥儧 醿涐儛醿樶儨醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿涐儱醿濁儨醿�. 醿斸儭 醿愥儬醿愥儭醿儩醿犪儤醿�. 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ償醿樶儷醿氠償醿戓儛, 醿愥儞醿愥儧醿樶儛醿溼償醿戓儤 醿愥儶醿儩醿曖儬醿� 醿愥儥醿犪儷醿愥儦醿曖償醿戓儴醿�, 醿涐儺醿濁儦醿濁儞 醿樶儧醿樶儮醿濁儧, 醿犪儩醿� 醿ㄡ償醿� 醿犪儛醿︶儛醿� 醿愥儺醿樶儬醿斸儜醿a儦醿� 醿儛醿犪儧醿濁儞醿掅償醿溼償醿戓儤 醿掅儛醿メ儠醿� 鈥溼儲醿樶儬醿♂償醿戓儛醿栣償鈥�.

醿愥儧 醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儭 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿� 醿椺儛醿曖儤醿♂償醿戓儯醿犪儤 醿ㄡ償醿償醿撫儯醿氠償醿戓儛 醿愥儱醿曖儭 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿愥儭醿� 醿撫儛 醿撫儛醿溼儛醿ㄡ儛醿a儦醿栣償. 醿ㄡ儛醿め儛醿メ儤醿� 醿儤醿掅儨醿ㄡ儤 醿愥儬 醿愥儬醿♂償醿戓儩醿戓償醿� 醿a儜醿犪儛醿氠儩醿� 醿撫儛醿撫償醿戓儤醿椺儤 醿撫儛 醿a儛醿犪儳醿濁儰醿樶儣醿� 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿斸儜醿�. 醿愥儱 醿撫償醿⑨儛醿氠儯醿犪儛醿�, 醿溼儛醿戓儤醿�-醿溼儛醿戓儤醿� 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿愥儲醿償醿犪儤醿氠儤 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿涐儩醿曖儦醿斸儨醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儧醿愥儶 醿♂儛醿曖儛醿氠儛醿氠儩 醿ㄡ償醿撫償醿掅儤醿� 醿撫儛醿撫儝醿濁儧醿愥儧醿撫償 醿涐儤醿掅儠醿樶儳醿曖儛醿溼儛. 醿斸儭 醿愥儬 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿掅儛醿涐儛醿犪儣醿氠償醿戓儛 醿曖儤醿︶儛醿儤醿� 醿儯醿撫儤 醿溼儛醿戓儤醿儤醿� 鈥� 醿斸儭 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿掅儢醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儧醿愥儶 醿犪儛醿撫儤醿欋儛醿氠儯醿� 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿儳醿斸儮醿樶儦醿斸儜醿愥儧醿撫償 醿涐儤醿樶儳醿曖儛醿溼儛 醿斸儭醿� 醿椺儯 醿樶儭 醿炨償醿犪儭醿濁儨醿愥儫醿�. 醿斸儭 醿樶儭 醿掅儢醿愥儛, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儭醿愥儶 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿掅儛醿曖儞醿樶儠醿愥儬醿� 醿п儩醿曖償醿氠儞醿︶儤醿a儬醿愥儞. 醿撫儛 醿樶儭醿斸儠醿� 醿犪儩醿掅儩醿犪儶 醿┽儠醿斸儨, 醿斸儭 醿掅儧醿樶儬醿斸儜醿樶儶 醿a儴醿曖償醿戓償醿� 醿ㄡ償醿儞醿濁儧醿斸儜醿�. 醿ㄡ儛醿め儛醿メ儤 醿欋儤 醿a儜醿犪儛醿氠儩醿� 醿掅儠醿愥儨醿愥儺醿斸儜醿� 醿掅儢醿愥儭, 醿犪儩醿涐儦醿樶儭 醿戓儩醿氠儩醿ㄡ儤醿� 醿斸儭醿� 醿椺儯 醿樶儭 醿ㄡ償醿撫償醿掅儤 醿撫儝醿斸儜醿�. 醿儤醿掅儨醿� 醿撫償醿⑨儛醿氠儯醿犪儛醿� 醿掅儠醿樶儺醿♂儨醿樶儭 醿⑨儬醿愥儞醿樶儶醿樶償醿戓儭醿� 醿撫儛 醿涐儛醿椺儞醿愥儧醿� 醿撫儛醿涐儩醿欋儤醿撫償醿戓儯醿氠償醿戓儛醿�, 醿掅儠醿愥儵醿曖償醿溼償醿戓儭 醿愥儧 醿欋儩醿溼儥醿犪償醿⑨儯醿氠儤 醿欋儯醿氠儮醿a儬醿樶儭 醿溼儤醿a儛醿溼儭醿斸儜醿�. 醿涐儤醿a儺醿斸儞醿愥儠醿愥儞 醿樶儧醿樶儭醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿樶儭醿樶儨醿� 醿氠儩醿溼儞醿濁儨醿ㄡ儤 醿掅儛醿撫儛醿撫儤醿愥儨 醿♂儛醿儺醿濁儠醿犪償醿戓儦醿愥儞, 醿樶儭醿樶儨醿� 醿涐儛醿樶儨醿� 醿メ儯醿犪儣醿�-醿椺儯醿犪儱醿斸儜醿� 醿愥儬醿樶儛醿�. 醿掅儛醿犪儞醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿♂儛醿欋儤醿椺儺醿斸儜醿♂儛, 醿愥儧 醿儤醿掅儨醿ㄡ儤 醿儛醿氠儤醿愥儨 醿欋儛醿犪儝醿愥儞 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿溼儛醿┽儠醿斸儨醿斸儜醿� 醿涐償醿溼儮醿愥儦醿a儬醿� 醿♂儺醿曖儛醿濁儜醿� 醿椺儛醿濁儜醿斸儜醿� 醿ㄡ儩醿犪儤醿�. 醿欋儛醿犪儝醿愥儞 醿┽儛醿溼儭, 醿犪儩醿� 醿涐儴醿濁儜醿氠償醿戓儤醿� 醿椺儛醿濁儜醿�, 醿椺儛醿曖儤醿� 醿掅儛醿犪儴醿斸儧醿� 醿儞醿樶儦醿濁儜醿� 醿溼儛醿儯醿儤 醿愥儛醿ㄡ償醿溼儩醿�, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿椺儛醿曖儤醿� 醿欋儯醿氠儮醿a儬醿愥儴醿�, 醿椺儛醿曖儤醿� 醿⑨儬醿愥儞醿樶儶醿樶償醿戓儴醿� 醿樶儶醿儩醿曖儬醿斸儜醿�, 醿樶儧 醿撫儬醿濁儭 醿犪儩醿儛 醿愥儺醿愥儦醿掅儛醿栣儬醿撫償醿戓儤, 醿♂儸醿犪儛醿め儛醿� 醿樶儶醿曖儦醿樶儛醿� 醿ㄡ償醿償醿撫儯醿氠償醿戓償醿戓儭 醿撫儛 醿斸儬醿掅償醿戓儤醿愥儨 醿愥儺醿愥儦 醿掅儛醿犪償醿涐儩醿� 醿撫儛 醿愥儺醿愥儦 醿犪償醿愥儦醿濁儜醿斸儜醿�. 醿涐儛醿掅儬醿愥儧 醿犪儛 醿儞醿斸儜醿� 醿涐儛醿ㄡ儤醿�, 醿犪儩醿撫償醿♂儛醿� 醿儛醿� 醿愥儺醿愥儦醿掅儛醿栣儬醿撫儛, 醿愥儺醿愥儦 醿犪償醿愥儦醿濁儜醿愥儭醿愥儶 醿斸儝醿a償醿戓儤, 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪儩醿� 醿氠儩醿溼儞醿濁儨醿ㄡ儤, 醿掅儳醿愥儠醿� 醿樶儨醿掅儦醿樶儭醿斸儦醿� 醿ㄡ償醿п儠醿愥儬醿斸儜醿a儦醿�, 醿儛醿� 醿戓儩醿メ儭醿樶儩醿犪儤 醿撫儛 醿涐儛醿樶儨醿� 醿ㄡ償醿溼儤 醿ㄡ償醿償醿撫儯醿氠償醿戓償醿戓儤 鈥溼儱醿愥儦醿樶儭鈥� 醿撫儛 鈥溼儩醿儛醿儤醿♀€� 鈥溼儲醿樶儬醿♂償醿戓儛醿栣償鈥� 醿樶儭醿斸儠 醿涐儞醿樶儨醿愥儬醿� 醿斸儠醿め儬醿愥儮醿樶儭 醿炨儤醿犪儛醿� 醿涐儞醿斸儜醿愥儬醿� 醿♂儩醿め儦醿樶儭 醿♂儤醿犪儲醿涐儤醿撫儛醿� 醿涐儩醿撫儤醿�? 鈥溼儤醿♂儤醿溼儤 醿掅儛醿斸儱醿儨醿斸儨 醿♂儛醿涐儴醿濁儜醿氠儩醿�, 醿♂儛醿欋儯醿椺儛醿� 醿椺儛醿曖儭 醿欋儤 鈥� 醿曖償醿犪儛鈥�, 醿曖償醿犪儶 醿♂儛醿欋儯醿椺儛醿� 醿欋儯醿氠儮醿a儬醿愥儭.

醿斸儭 醿儤醿掅儨醿� 醿犪儛醿涐儞醿斸儨醿樶儧醿� 醿濁儻醿愥儺醿樶儭 醿愥儧醿戓儛醿曖儭 醿掅儠醿樶儳醿曖償醿戓儛, 醿犪儛醿涐儩醿撫償醿溼儤醿涐償 醿椺儛醿濁儜醿樶儭 醿撫儤醿� 醿椺儛醿曖儝醿愥儞醿愥儭醿愥儠醿愥儦醿�. 醿斸儠醿め儬醿愥儮醿樶儭 醿炨儤醿犪儛醿� 醿涐儳醿濁儰 醿♂儩醿め償醿氠儭醿� 醿撫儛 醿氠儩醿溼儞醿濁儨醿樶儭 醿儠醿樶儧醿樶儛醿� 醿愥儧醿樶儨醿撫償醿戓儴醿� 醿⑨儬醿樶儛醿氠儞醿斸儜醿� 醿撫儬醿愥儧醿�, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿涐儩醿涐儺醿撫儛醿犪儴醿� 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 醿撫儛醿涐儨醿愥儴醿愥儠醿斸儛 醿撫儛 醿п儠醿斸儦醿� 鈥� 醿涐儭醿儠醿斸儬醿炨儦醿�. 醿斸儭 醿愥儭醿斸儠醿� 醿愥儬醿樶儭 醿儤醿掅儨醿� 醿炨儛醿⑨儛醿犪儛 醿♂儛醿樶儞醿a儧醿氠儩醿斸儜醿栣償, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儭醿愥儶 醿斸儬醿椺儧醿愥儨醿斸儣醿� 醿曖償醿� 醿曖儯醿涐儺醿斸儦醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儢醿斸儶 醿斸儬醿椺儧醿愥儨醿斸儣醿� 醿曖償醿� 醿曖償醿氠儛醿炨儛醿犪儛醿欋償醿戓儤醿�, 醿犪儩醿涐儦醿樶儭 醿掅儛醿涐儺醿斸儦醿愥儭醿愥儶 醿曖償醿� 醿曖儜醿斸儞醿愥儠醿�. 醿炨儛醿⑨儛醿犪儛 醿♂儛醿樶儞醿a儧醿氠儩醿斸儜醿栣償, 醿犪儩醿涐償醿氠儤醿� 醿撫儲醿樶儣醿樶儞醿︶償 醿撫儤醿撫儞醿斸儜醿�, 醿戓償醿曖儬醿撫償醿戓儛 醿涐儛醿溼儛醿�, 醿♂儛醿溼儛醿� 醿栣儠醿愥儠醿樶儠醿樶儣 醿愥儬 醿儛醿氠償醿欋儛醿曖儭 醿п儠醿斸儦醿愥儰醿斸儬醿� 醿掅儛醿犪儴醿斸儧醿�, 醿♂儛醿溼儛醿� 醿涐償醿儳醿斸儬醿樶儭 醿涐儭醿掅儛醿曖儭醿愥儞 醿♂儛醿涐儯醿撫儛醿涐儩醿� 醿愥儬 醿ㄡ償醿儠醿氠儤醿� 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪償醿戓儤醿� 醿氠儛醿溼儞醿ㄡ儛醿め儮醿�.

醿涐償 醿涐儝醿濁儨醿�, 醿♂儻醿濁儜醿�, 醿犪儩醿� 醿п儠醿斸儦醿愥儧 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿愥儭醿� 醿撫儛 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿メ儶醿斸儠醿斸儜醿� 醿涐儤醿曖儺醿斸儞醿濁儣. 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿樶儭 醿炨儛醿♂儯醿儤醿♂儧醿掅償醿戓儦醿濁儜醿� 醿┽儠醿斸儨 醿曖儛醿⑨儛醿犪儩醿� 醿撫儛 醿┽儠醿斸儨醿� 醿撫償醿戓儭, 醿撫償醿撫償醿戓儭, 醿儩醿氠償醿戓儭 醿曖儛醿儛醿撫儩醿� 醿儺醿濁儠醿犪償醿戓儛, 醿曖儛醿儛醿撫儩醿� 醿戓償醿撫儨醿樶償醿犪償醿戓儛, 醿曖儶醿斸儣 醿炨儛醿⑨儤醿曖儤 醿撫儛 醿♂儛醿欋儯醿椺儛醿犪儤 醿儤醿氠儤 醿︶儤醿犪儭醿斸儜醿� 醿撫儛 醿炨儛醿♂儯醿儤醿♂儧醿掅償醿戓儦醿濁儜醿� 醿椺儠醿樶儣醿濁儨 醿愥儮醿愥儬醿濁儨 醿償醿氠儴醿� 醿掅儛醿涐儛醿犪儣醿a儦醿斸儜醿涐儛 醿撫儛 醿椺儛醿曖儤醿♂儯醿め儦醿斸儜醿涐儛.

醿п儠醿斸儦醿愥儢醿� 醿氠儛醿涐儛醿栣儤 醿メ儛醿氠儤 醿撫儛醿涐儩醿a儥醿樶儞醿斸儜醿斸儦醿� 醿撫儛 醿戓償醿撫儨醿樶償醿犪儤 醿メ儛醿氠儤醿�.

醿п儠醿斸儦醿愥儢醿� 醿儦醿樶償醿犪儤 醿濁儻醿愥儺醿� 醿欋儤 醿樶儭 醿濁儻醿愥儺醿樶儛, 醿♂儛醿撫儛醿� 醿斸儬醿椺儧醿愥儨醿斸儣醿樶儭醿掅儛醿� 醿♂儛醿樶儞醿a儧醿氠儩醿斸儜醿� 醿愥儬 醿愥儱醿曖儣 醿撫儛醿涐儛醿氠儯醿氠儤.

醿涐償 醿椺儯 醿涐儥醿樶儣醿儛醿曖儣, 鈥溼儲醿樶儬醿♂償醿戓儛鈥� Must Read 醿儤醿掅儨醿樶儛!
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What an amazing experience! Shafak is able to create a world that is somehow both personal and epic. Her talent is on full display as she is able to craft a storyline that travels across place and time. Whether it is a Kurdish village, a London tenement or an English jail cell, Shafak transforms the reader to that location. Seemingly contradictory, her prose is equal parts florid and ironclad, yet is allowed to breathe to create its own inimitable style. This is a novel to be savored, to be consumed and alas I even failed to take notes. It is probably just as well as if I wrote down all of the things that left an impression I would have taken a year to finish it.

The story begins in a small Kurdish town. After giving birth too many daughters (I think 7), a family is desperate for a son. The mother is instead met with twin daughters, Pembe and Jamila. Through a quirk of fate, a young man Adem enters their village during a wedding ceremony. Though infatuated with Jamila, he has Pembe pawned on him. Due to an unfortunate incident in her youth, Jamila has essentially been forced into a life of spinsterhood. The arrangement between Adem and Pembe produces three children: Iskender, Esma and Yunus, though the marriage itself is devoid of love.

As Adem and Pembe's marriage continues to fall apart, their children are all taken different paths. Iskender is a natural leader, with bravado and a penchant to stir things up. Esma is an avuncular idealist who wants to impact the world. Yunus is an old soul who is on a different wavelength than most of the world. While, all their kids are exploring their places in the world, Adem and Pembe are exploring new relationships. Adem develops a gambling habit and has an affair with an exotic dancer. Pembe starts a celibate though budding romance with an older man who is a famous chef.

In the classic double standard, it is the relationship between Pembe and the chef and not Adem's more torrid dalliance that leads to the tragic event that forever changes the lives of the novel. This sad fate fractures a family. It is the exploration of what it means to have honor that forms the crux of this book. The central question of what constitutes something being honorable or dishonorable and if it is worth the pain and suffering that comes with completing the act.

The magnificent scope and the tying together all of the elements in a sensible manner is what I will most take from this work. This work is so varied that classes could be taught on not only the writing techniques and storytelling elements but also the divide between the East and West. Like most immigrant stories, the characters are trying to inhabit multiple worlds where pratfalls are bound to occur. The justices and injustices of the worlds are constantly colliding and dangers are up ahead. In a less capable authors' hands this story could have been boughed down with irrelevant details or maladroit tendencies. Shafak is able to elevate both the story and prose into a masterpiece.
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