Three Daughters of Eve

A brave and passionate novel

Paul Theroux on 'Bastard of Istanbul'

A brilliant and moving novel. Elif Shafak writes about religion without superficiality or special pleading, retaining a sense of its impossible possibility or its possible impossibility. Three Daughters of Eve is a remarkable accomplishment

Richard Holloway

A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate

Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, on 'Honour'

A terrific book. Poetic, poignant, trenchant.

Ian Rankin

A thoughtful, charming book that offers a connection to other worlds, perspectives and possibilities

Sunday Times

An intelligent, fierce and beguiling read

Financial Times

An intense, discursive and absorbing novel

Observer

Exuberant, epic and comic, fantastical and realistic . . . like all good stories it conveys deeper meanings about human experience

Financial Times on 'The Architect's Apprentice'

Luscious, heartbreaking, completely absorbing. It is a full-blown saga of emotion and character, straddling countries, cultures and languages, exploring its women's ambitions and desires; and at the same time a steady-eyed examination of the nameless rules - of femininity, duty, belief and behaviour - that keep us in line and under control. This is an absolutely consuming novel about women who know what they want, and a warning about the price we pay, written with the fluency and depth of an author at the very top of her game.

Bidisha

One of the most important writers at work today, Elif Shafak eloquently explores Turkey's tumultuous present and past. Her magnificent latest moves between Istanbul and Oxford in a fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and the devastating clash of tradition and modernity

Independent

Vivid storytelling... that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love

Sunday Telegraph on 'Honour'

Elif Shafak's writing leaps off the page. In Three Daughters of Eve she takes us spine-tinglingly right under the skin of three women, exposing the strains of friendship through love and loss. An utterly engrossing read.

Frances Osborne, bestselling author of The Bolter

Moving, subtle and ultimately hopeful, Honour is further proof that Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years

Irish Times on 'Honour'

Shafak's topical 10th novel is both an interrogation and a defence of Muslim identity

Rebecca Rose, Financial Times