Today I’m going to review a fantastic new book: “Din Heder” (which might be translated as “In Your Honour” or something along those lines). It’s by Swedish author Martin Svensson (you know, the guy who lived with Dilba some time back).
must admit to not having read any of Martin Svensson’s earlier work. When you look at the picture of him on the dust cover, you feel slightly suspicious - he’s such a cutie! Can such an attractive person really write good books?
Well, the answer to that one is easy: YES - he most certainly can.
“Din Heder” is about Viktor - a lost soul who doesn’t really know if he is still in a relationship with the mother of his son. They haven’t made their minds up, but have decided to “wait and see” for as month or so.
One day when he returns home to his bachelor pad he finds that the place has been burgled although nothing seems to have been stolen. This is the prelude to a sequence of events in which he meets Meryem - a Kurdish Palestinian in her early twenties. In fact they may have met once before one night at a bar?!
Reluctantly, Viktor is drawn into Meryem’s life and discovers that the concept of “honour” means different things to people from different cultures.
I like this book. It’s written in a way that gives the reader a fascinating insight into Viktor’s restlessness, and his helplessness when he meets the much more precocious Meryem.
Viktor becomes a pawn in the game that Meryem is playing, a game which finally gets out of her control. Traditions take over, traditions and values from a culture that Meryam has rejected, and which we Swedes are unable to understand.
It’s a game in which there is no winner.
Hugs and kisses from your very own - quite fascinated - Fluffbabe Blondie
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