The island of missing trees
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2021].
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Book
ISBN
9781635578591, 1635578590
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Ilsley Public Library - Adult Fiction | Fiction Shafak | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2021].
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Unknown
ISBN
9781635578591, 1635578590
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"A novel" -book jacket.
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"Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he’s searching for lost love.
Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world."--,Amazon.com
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shafak, E. (2021). The island of missing trees . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971-. 2021. The Island of Missing Trees. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif, 1971-. The Island of Missing Trees Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shafak, Elif. The Island of Missing Trees Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
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