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 ...
Super skice i crteži. Odlična kombinacija boja. Volim tvoje slike uvijek me osvježe :*
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Januar je bio veoma produktivan, vidim :) xx Maja
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bilo je tu još projekata, ali to je još tajna:)
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Fantastic ilustrations!!
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Love these! Can't see what this month has in store :D
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Wow you did a lot of drawings and painting last month. I am very impressed. They look like water color painting to me? Have a great week
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yes, water colour.
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Gosh, you really draw very well, Ivana and I love that you took time to illustrate these pictures. Hope you had a marvellous weekend, my dear friend!
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How nice to see these again. You did a really great job Ivana!
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I wish that I could paint the way that you do. Seriously, you are so good! I'd love to just flip through your sketch books - I bet they are filled to the brim with amazing illustrations!! So creative! Keep it up xxx
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Sei un mito Ivana, è stato per me un grande onore essere nuovamente illustrata da te e per questo ti ingrazierò per sempre! Sei bravissima, li adoro tutti! Un bacione!:**
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Dear Ivana, thank you so much for sharing these wonderful illustration! You are definitely talented in so many ways and I'm each time impressed when I see how beautiful and good painted illustrations are. Now, I'm not envy :) Wish you a happy week!
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thank you darling Rena:)
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these are just illustrations, I didn't even post all the paintings:)
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Your illustration are amazing!!! You are very talented and beautiful woman <3
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Ah...nisam sve ilustracije uspjela vidit jer sam putovala. Idem sad unazad malo.:D
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Such a wonderful idea to pay homage to some of your fashion peers and so well done. I enjoyed every post :) xoxo
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Ha..I didn't even realise January was over until I saw this post :D Anyways...it's great to see all of your January illustrations in one place, and I feel so honoured to be a part :) I have said it before, but I'll happily say it again: I'm in awe of your talent, and so happy we crossed paths through blogging :)
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thank you so much Jasmin:)
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Ivana, super su ti crteži :) Jako mi se sviđaju..
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All these outfits are beautiful ! <3
ReplyDeleteI really like the drawing of a girl with fiery hair and a beanie on! Beautiful!
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Lovely recap, you are truly talented!
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