by Elif Shafak · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241988725
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In 1974, on the island of Cyprus, two teenagers from opposite sides of a divided land meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. Decades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada Kazantzakis seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence. The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a Ficus Carica growing in the back garden of her home. 'The Island of Missing Trees' is a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature, and, finally, renewal.
Elif Shafak is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist, and activist.
