THE ISLAND OF THE MISSING TREES BY ELIF SHAFAK (BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION)
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 ...
I'd love to have a coat like the one the lady on the left has :D
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DeleteHi dear Ivana, as I love purple I would really love to wear the outfit with the purple midi dress and the camel coat - although I´m not sure if camel looks good on me. But the outfit looks so stylish on your drawing that I would like to test it :)
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Nice drawing!!
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Very elegant clothing, it reminds me of Italian style fashion, xoxo.
ReplyDeleteThat lady in green coat looks great, I like the way those accessories match the elegant outfit. Lovely sketches!
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