{"title":"Elif Shafak","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-island-of-missing-trees-elif-shafak-hardcover","title":"The Island of Missing Trees -- Elif Shafak, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times. --David Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eUtopia Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003e10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's searching for lost love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family's troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, \u003ci\u003e The Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is Elif Shafak's best work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elif Shafak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.52w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635578591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElif Shafak \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published 19 books, 12 of which are novels. Her work has been translated into 55 languages. Her latest novel \u003ci\u003e10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and chosen as Blackwell's Book of the Year. Her previous novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Forty Rules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen by BBC among 100 Novels that Shaped Our World. Shafak has been conferred Doctor of Humane Letters by Bard College in 2021. Shafak holds a PhD in political science, and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice TED Global speaker; she contributes to major publications around the world and she was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. elifshafak.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elif Shafak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45557244428516,"sku":"9781635578591","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781635578591.jpg?v=1777405671"},{"product_id":"the-forty-rules-of-love-a-novel-of-rumi-elif-shafak-paperback","title":"The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi -- Elif Shafak, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Missing Trees \u003c\/i\u003e(a Reese's Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi's timeless message of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forty Rules of Love\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives--one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz--that together explore the enduring power of Rumi's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElla Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on \u003ci\u003eSweet Blasphemy\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams's search for Rumi and the dervish's role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams's lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. 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Her books have been translated into more than fifty languages. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard of Istanbul\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHonor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Architect's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThree Daughters of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2019 Booker Prize. She is also the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBlack Milk: On the Conflicting Demands of Writing, Creativity, and Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e. An active political commentator, columnist, and public speaker, she lives in London. 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Their arguments about Islam and feminism find focus in the charismatic but controversial Professor Azur, who teaches divinity, but in unorthodox ways. 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