{"product_id":"the-island-of-missing-trees-elif-shafak","title":"The Island of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TOP TEN \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u0026amp; REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou don't fall in love in Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Not here, not now. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1974, two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided Cyprus, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek, and Defne who is Turkish, can meet in secret, hidden beneath the leaves of a fig tree growing through the roof of the tavern. This tree will witness their hushed happy meetings, and will be there when the war breaks out and the teenagers vanish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada has never visited the island where her parents were born. She seeks to untangle years of her family's silence, but the only connection she has to the land of her ancestors Is a fig tree growing tin the garden of their home . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book moved me to tears . . . in the best way. Powerful and poignant' \u003c\/b\u003eReese Witherspoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant novel -- one that rings with Shafak's characteristic compassion' \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is an enchanting, compassionate and wise novel and storytelling at its most sublime' \u003c\/b\u003ePolly Samson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** PRE-ORDER ELIF SHAFAK'S NEW NOVEL \u003ci\u003eIN ONE BRIEF MOMENT ALL ETERNITY \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eElif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-seven languages. The author of twenty books, fourteen of which are novels, she was awarded the Halldór Laxness Prize for her contribution to the art of storytelling. Shafak's previous novel, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, was the UK's bestselling literary hardback novel of 2025, selling over 500,000 copies. Widely read in many countries around the world, her writing has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and Prix Femina Etranger, amongst others, and she was nominated for 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards. Elif Shafak was appointed President of the Royal Society of Literature in 2025. She was awarded the British Academy President's medal for bravely tackling sensitive subjects and for her body of work which demonstrates an incredible intercultural range.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65802547462493,"sku":"K094838636","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9483863600001A.jpg?v=1788459676","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-island-of-missing-trees-elif-shafak","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}