Elif Shafak | If Trees Could Speak | Edinburgh International Book Festival

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In her Booker-shortlisted novel '10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World', Elif Shafak entered the mind of a dying sex worker lying murdered in an Istanbul alley. The story moved from brutal realism to the magical world of the afterlife. Now Shafak has turned her attention to another part of the Levant region, and to another example of how someone’s memory can be kept alive by the people and things that surround them. 
'The Island of Missing Trees' is set in Cyprus, where two people from opposite sides of the country’s conflict fall in love. They meet secretly in a derelict taverna, their only witness a fig tree growing through the broken roof. Later, the couple take a cutting from the tree and smuggle it to their garden in London where it thrives and is loved by their daughter.
She in turn travels to the country to untangle some of the secrets and silences of her parents’ past. Always a joy to hear, Shafak shares her research into the surprising links between humans and the natural world with her usual insight and eloquence, in discussion with poet and author Lemn Sissay.
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@gignaposixsix9821 2 жыл бұрын

Each of her books is a journey themselves, just finished "The Island of Missing Trees" and I am having PGBD hungover (Post Great Book Depression). Beautiful and educational read as well !!

@liamg2271 Жыл бұрын

I just finished this novel and have never read Shafak before. What an absolutely beautiful yet tragic piece of literature. Her writing is stunningly beautiful but not in the least bit wordy or pretentious. I also think she subtly develops each of the primary characters while giving the reader the framework to see their emotional complexity and depth. It's truly a wonderful novel and I generally don't care for most contemporary fiction.

@maxmorris4562 Жыл бұрын

Im about halfway through it, loving it so far very touching novel full of emotional depth like your saying

@shafqatbaloch8552 12 күн бұрын

I have read one of her books 'The forty rules of love', really interesting & exciting book, based on some morale lessons

@AishaTenere 2 жыл бұрын

I deeply enjoyed the complex, beautiful, invariably delicate and fascinating exchange of ideas between two writers I love and highly respect; thank you Lemèn and thank you Elif… ♥️♥️

@dctrevett 2 жыл бұрын

Elif is always a joy to read and to listen to...

@michaelstavrinos6367 Жыл бұрын

Elif Shafaks book about the island of missing trees is an honest true story of people wwho lost their roots greek and turks inhabitants of the island of Cyprus.

@asthetics.. Жыл бұрын

A natural n spontaneous lady ✨️ @Elif

@johnpowers3189 6 ай бұрын

Elif is so talented and compassionate. Clip at 26:25. Spot on about fiction. And the tragic irony is that K-12 education in the US continues to disappear fiction in favor of nonfiction and what it calls "informational" texts. Fiction teaches us so much about ourselves, others, and the worlds within which we all live. Reading fiction humanizes us, and allows us to dream and this should not be taken lightly given the realities of our current era.

@bassantel-saeed7883 Жыл бұрын

My forever favourite writer ❤

@nurcanhussein3042 2 жыл бұрын

❤

@NafeesUrRehman-fs5rg 9 ай бұрын

Listening to a writer like her ruins the capability of Readership. What I mean to Say is that Writer should not be talking about his writings.

@nikosgus3213 Жыл бұрын

What s about unifying these two communities in Cyprus with not any military presence ? What bloody nationalism coming from what OTHER country could stop abd annulate this ? And the crucial question is : CAN GOOD LITERATURE CHANGE BAD POLITICS ?