Otok nestalih stabala

Otok nestalih stabala

Elif Shafak

Defne and Kostas are on opposite sides of the divided earth; she is Turkish, he is Greek, both call Cyprus home, and their love is forbidden.

The only place where they can meet is the tavern Sretna skomva, named so because of the wonderful Ficus carica tree that grows in the middle of the room. That fig tree will witness their happy meetings and silent partings, but it will also be there when war breaks out, turns the city into ruins and separates the lovers. Decades later, sixteen-year-old Ada, born in London, becomes interested in the land of her ancestors. She has never visited Cyprus, and the only connection to that island is the fig tree that grows in her yard. What kind of story will unfold in front of Ada once he dives deeper into family secrets? In the novel The Island of Missing Trees, award-winning author Elif Shafak brings us a gorgeous story about belonging and identity, love and pain, memory and forgetting, human destruction of nature and finally - restoration, in every sense of the word.

Original title
The island of missing trees
Translation
Mirna Čubranić
Editor
Nermina Husković
Graphics design
Jasna Goreta
Dimensions
21.5 x 14 cm
Pages
366
Publisher
Hena Com, Zagreb, 2021.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Croatian.

No copies available

The last copy was sold recently.

 

Are you interested in another book? You can search the offer using our search engine or browse books by category.

You may also be interested in these titles

Ravnodušni ljudi

Ravnodušni ljudi

Alberto Moravia

The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.

Otokar Keršovani, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.22
Preklinjem te

Preklinjem te

Julije Kenner

My rule was: don't let anyone get too close to you. Until Cole August decided to disarm me, and it's impossible for me to stay away from him.

Stilus, 2015.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.46
Kako pokoriti vojvodu

Kako pokoriti vojvodu

Evie Dunmore

A brave Oxford rebel will confront a powerful duke in a love affair that could threaten the British social order...

Znanje, 2022.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.98
Ljuti protivnici

Ljuti protivnici

Kate Bateman

Madeline Montgomery grew up feeling contempt – and a secret romantic attraction – for the profligate Gryff Davies.

Znanje, 2023.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.424.06
Kronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Kronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Vasco Pratolini

In Florence 1925–1926, in the poor Via del Corno, the residents live in love, poverty and fear. The arrival of fascism destroys the community: lovers fight, some die from violence, but popular solidarity survives.

Sveučilišna naklada Liber (SNL), 1982.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
3.76
Ljetna romansa

Ljetna romansa

Elin Hilderbrand

Claire Danner Crispin, a mother of four and renowned glass artist, is so busy she can't breathe. Despite this, she accepts an offer to host a summer gala for a local charity.

Znanje, 2011.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.94 - 3.98