Untitled Elif Shafak Novel
2021 • 368 pages
Ratings9
Average rating4.3
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Ratings9
Average rating4.3
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna - the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret. The fig tree witnesses their hushed, happy meetings; their silent, surreptitious departures. Decades later, Kostas returns looking for Defne. The two lovers return to the taverna to take a clipping from the fig tree and smuggle it into their suitcase, bound for London. Years later, the fig tree in the garden is their daughter Ada's only knowledge of a home she has never visited, as she seeks to untangle years of secrets and silence, and find her place in the world
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The story travels back and forth in time and between POVs normally I'm not a fan of going back and forth in time (because I lose track of what's happening when) but Shafak managed to make things distinct enough that it wasn't hard to keep track of what was happening to whom, when. I enjoyed the presence of a rather unusual POV character and the developing dynamics between characters.
Shafak's writing style and characters are so charming that I often forget just how heartbreaking some scenes are, sometimes that's a plus sometimes I'm not sure how I feel about it.
It was the 3rd book of hers I read in the span of a month, I think I'm hooked!
