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 ...
Wow, molto diverso dal solito, originale!
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Gorgeous doll, very beautiful. I love angels xx
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ReplyDeleteI believe in the existence of angels and your drawing is as usual wonderful! Have you drawn your guardian angel? I like it, that there is so much lilac in the drawing because I believe white and lilac are the colours of the life-task.
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I didn't have my own guardian angel in mind, but who knows? maybe subconsciously I did. Usually when I draw my mind is almost completely blank.
DeleteI like lilac too, I didn't know that it symbolizes life task, but maybe that is appropriate because I had been thinking about my life goals recently.
beautiful draws!
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ReplyDeleteYou're so sweet.. and your angel is really beautiful. As your heart, my dear friend <3 Big kisses and hugs <3 <3
ReplyDeleteThis illustration - so beautiful - reminds me of a song (Goodnight my angel by Billy Joel) that I love and of the person this songs conveys to me - my mum. She was very beautiful, like the woman in your drawing. Scusa Ivana, a volte dimentico che parli Italiano <3
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this is really beautiful, i thought of an guardian angel as well!!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful drawing! :D
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ReplyDeleteoh, this drawing looks impressive! in some psychological books lilac color is characterized as depressive, tough shade. But I personally find it really deep and beautiful)
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous time, Ivana!
for me too this colour is the beautiful and invokes feelings quite opposite of depressive ones:)
DeleteWonderful job ! The result is beautiful.
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