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The Island of Missing Trees

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內容簡介 ✰2022女性文學獎決選小說✰繼《倒數10分又38秒》，土耳其女作家艾莉芙夏法克再次帶來動人新作！1974年，分裂之島塞普勒斯。貫穿城區酒館屋頂生長的無花果樹見證小情侶的禁忌之戀：希臘裔基督徒少年柯斯塔斯和土耳其裔穆斯林少女德芙娜在酒館偷偷相會，而貫穿屋內的無花果樹見證他們的戀情。從充滿羞澀與開心的會面、到匆促且沉默的別離，戰爭爆發後他們再也沒有見面，少男少女分手遠去，無花果樹默默佇立原地。卅多年後，十六歲少女艾達從北倫敦返回父母故鄉尋根，想要解開久遠的家族祕密、分離與沈默，無花果樹是她與先人的唯一聯繫。柯斯塔斯以植物學者的身分歸國，研究當地的植物，但其實他要尋找的另有其人，而故事才正要開始。SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021A rich, magical novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - now a top ten Sunday Times bestsellerIt is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows.In the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree. This tree will witness their hushed, happy meetings, their silent, surreptitious departures; and the tree will be there when the war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, when the teenagers vanish and break apart.Decades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada Kazantzakis has never visited the island where her parents were born. Desperate for answers, she seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence. The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a Ficus Carica growing in the back garden of their home.The Island of Missing Trees is a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature, and, finally, renewal.'This book moved me to tears . . . in the best way. Powerful and poignant' Reese Witherspoon'A brilliant novel -- one that rings with Shafak's characteristic compassion' Robert Macfarlane'This is an enchanting, compassionate and wise novel and storytelling at its most sublime' Polly Samson"

作者介紹

作者介紹 Elif ShafakElif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into 54 languages. The author of 19 books, 12 of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award; and chosen as Blackwell's Book of the Year. Her previous novel, The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by the BBC as one of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. In 2021, Shafak's The Architect's Apprentice was chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's inaugural book club, The Reading Room. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.com.

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