La isla del árbol perdido
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Barcelona : Editorial Lumen, 2022.
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East Side Library - Spanish Fiction - Adult
Shafak, E.
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Published
Barcelona : Editorial Lumen, 2022.
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Book
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436 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Spanish

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Translation of: Island of missing trees.
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"En un convulso 1974, mientras el ejército turco ocupa el norte de Chipre, Kostas, un griego cristiano, y Defne, una turca musulmana, se reúnen en secreto bajo las vigas ennegrecidas de la taberna La Higuera Feliz, donde cuelgan ristras de ajos, cebollas y pimientos. Allí, lejos del fragor de la guerra, crece a través de una cavidad en el techo una higuera, testigo del amor de los dos jóvenes, pero también de sus desencuentros, de la destrucción de Nicosia y de la trágica separación de los amantes. Décadas más tarde, en el norte de Londres, Ada Kazantzakis acaba de perder a su madre. A sus dieciséis años, nunca ha visitado la isla en la que nacieron sus padres y está desesperada por desenredar años de secretos, división y silencio. La única conexión que tiene con la tierra de sus antepasados es un Ficus carica que crece en el jardín de su casa. La isla del árbol perdido es una historia llena de magia sobre la pertenencia y la identidad, el amor y el dolor, y la asombrosa capacidad de regeneración a través de la memoria." -- provided by publisher.
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It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place -- it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows. In the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree. This tree will witness their hushed, happy meetings, their silent, surreptitious departures; and the tree will be there when the war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, when the teenagers vanish and break apart. Decades later in north London, 16-year-old Ada Kazantzakis has never visited the island where her parents were born. Desperate for answers, she seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence. The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a Ficus Carica growing in the back garden of their home.
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In Spanish

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Shafak, E., & Pérez Parra, I. C. (2022). La isla del árbol perdido . Editorial Lumen.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shafak, Elif, 1971- and Inmaculada C., Pérez Parra. 2022. La Isla Del árbol Perdido. Editorial Lumen.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shafak, Elif, 1971- and Inmaculada C., Pérez Parra. La Isla Del árbol Perdido Editorial Lumen, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Shafak, Elif, and Inmaculada C. Pérez Parra. La Isla Del árbol Perdido Editorial Lumen, 2022.

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