Today I shall review The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. I was actually gifted this book. What a wonderful present it proved to be! Published in 2021, this postmodern novel follows two story lines and uses framed narration. The Island of Missing Trees tells the life story of a Greek Turkish couple and their adolescent daughter. This novel examines and explores a number of topics such as identity, migration, immigrant life, war trauma, memory, love and family. It's an ambitious novel that examines serious topics with due respect and sensitivity . I read it months ago, but I remember it vividly. Honestly, I cried a lot while reading this novel. It really moved me greatly. In fact, that is probably why it took me this long to finish this book review. I needed to emotionally process the story. The Island of Missing Trees is set in London and Cyprus. The narration isn't chronological . The story jumps back and forth, following two main timelines, one set in moder
You're an artist, my dear. You're back from your parents? <3 It's all right? I hope that you receive soon my letter :) Kisses and hugs, sweety :)
ReplyDeleteDearest Ivana, I hope you had a wonderful stay on your beloved island <3 And thanks for sharing again such a great drawing - now I want to own exactly such a green skirt :)
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Divnooooo!! :)
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So beautiful ^_______^
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Nicole
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oh those illustrations are really beautiful!
ReplyDeletelove and kiss,mary
Pjesma i ilustracija mi bas idu zajedno... divna mi je nijansa zelene koju si upotrijebila!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! So talented, xoxo.
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