The Island of Missing Trees
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The Island of Missing Trees
| Author | Elif Shafak |
|---|---|
| Published | 2021 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Shafak’s novel of a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot divided by the 1974 partition of Cyprus, narrated in part by a fig tree that is carried from the island to London. |
Where I heard about it
- @moseskagan’s thread — a reply to his question “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in the thread, April 2025. The full list of replies lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
What links here
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