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No Honour
2021
First Published
4.27
Average Rating
318
Number of Pages

A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost… In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves. When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances – certain, public death. Fired by a fierce determination to resist everything she knows to be wrong about the society into which she was born, and aided by her devoted father, Jamil, who puts his own life on the line to help her, she escapes to Lahore and then disappears. Jamal goes to Lahore in search of Abida – a city where the prejudices that dominate their village take on a new and horrifying form – and father and daughter are caught in a world from which they may never escape. Moving from the depths of rural Pakistan, riddled with poverty and religious fervour, to the dangerous streets of over-populated Lahore, No Honour is a story of family, of the indomitable spirit of love in its many forms … a story of courage and resilience, when all seems lost, and the inextinguishable fire that lights one young woman’s battle for change.

Avg Rating
4.27
Number of Ratings
920
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author

Awais Khan
Awais Khan
Author · 4 books

Awais Khan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Durham University. He has studied Creative Writing at Faber Academy in London. He is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (published by Simon & Schuster, Isis Audio and Hera Books) and NO HONOUR (published by Orenda Books). He has appeared on BBC World Service, Dubai Eye, Voice of America, Cambridge Radio, City42, PTV Home, Samaa TV, Indua TV etc. His work has appeared in The Aleph Review, Missing Slate, The Hindu, Daily Times and other publications. He is the Founding Director of The Writing Institute and has delivered talks on Creative Writing at Oxford University, Durham University, American University of Dubai, Canadian University of Dubai, Kinnaird College etc. He is on the judging panel of Gwyl Crime Cymru Novel Prize and Cheshire Novel Prize. He was longlisted for the Short Story Dagger in 2022. He is represented by Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency Ltd, London.

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