The Island of Missing Trees

A novel by Elif Shafak set between Cyprus and London. In the divided Cyprus of the 1970s, Kostas, a Greek Cypriot, and Defne, a Turkish Cypriot, meet in secret at a tavern where a fig tree grows through the roof. Decades later their daughter Ada, growing up in London, begins to uncover her family's silences. A tender story of love, loss, migration and memory. The text is in Persian (Farsi/Dari).

Author: Elif Shafak

Translator: علی سلامی

Persian title: جزیره درختان گمشده

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