Binding: Paperback
Date Published: 07 Apr 2022
'The Island of Missing Trees is a magical masterpiece . . . Elif Shafak has done it again with this brilliant novel of the secrets of hearts, the history of Cyprus and the beauty of memory. Truly full of miracles.'
- Kate Williams
'The Island of Missing Trees, for all its uses of enchantment, is a complex and powerful work in which the harrowing material settles on the reader delicately'
- FT
'Poignant . . . [Shafak] knows exactly when to dangle unanswered questions, when to drench our senses, when to offer meaningful musings, elegant metaphors and tugs at the heartstrings'
- Sunday Times
'Compassionate and enchanting, it's a transporting tale of roots, renewal and talking trees'
- Mail on Sunday, Best New Fiction
'Enchanting . . . Shafak's writing is poised and expressive, remarkable for its charm and lyricism . . . The novel is a tapestry of heavy emotions, but it's one that's spun with brightness'
- Sunday Telegraph, Novel of the Week
'The Cyprus setting is stunningly described in this spellbinding story about identity, love and loss'
- Good Housekeeping
'A wonderful rebuke to anthropocentric storytelling . . . Elif's extraordinary new novel about grief, love and memory'
- Literary Review