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SUMMARY:SciFi-Fantasy: "The Island of Missing Trees" by Elif Shafak
LOCATION:Regenbogenhaus Zürich
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 30% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nA rich\, magical new book on belonging and identity\, lov
 e and trauma\, nature and renewal\, from the Booker shortlisted author of 
 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.\n\nTwo teenagers\, a Greek Cy
 priot and a Turkish Cypriot\, meet at a taverna on the island they both ca
 ll home. In the taverna\, hidden beneath garlands of garlic\, chili pepper
 s 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 t
 his tree bears witness to their hushed\, happy meetings and eventually\, t
 o their silent\, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war brea
 ks out\, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble\, and when the te
 enagers vanish. Decades later\, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking f
 or native species\, but really\, he’s searching for lost love.\n\nYears la
 ter 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.\n\nA moving\, beautifully written and delicately cons
 tructed story of love\, division\, transcendence\, history and eco-conscio
 usness\, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak’s best work yet.\n\nTh
 e event takes place in the Library of the Regenbogenhaus\, which is open f
 rom 15h00-19h00 on Wednesdays. You're welcome to visit the library\, befor
 e the book discussion in the House of Colour \\\n\n\\ Reminder: The Sci-Fi
  & Fantasy books group meets monthly\, and has a limit of 12 persons (due 
 to venue size at the Regenbogenhaus).\nThe Sci-Fi Fantasy group has a What
 sapp Group chat\, and Excel sheet for suggesting and voting on books to re
 ad.\n\nSuggest books and vote here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
 d/1M23Vst0aClZS5SOZN-CGDcaQRsQtO8h18l7xChf1no/edit?gid=966314652gid=966314
 652
URL:https://www.meetup.com/english-language-lgbt-book-club-zurich/events/31
 4707106/
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