This has to be one of the most powerful, emotive books I have read for a long time. A story told from two different perspectives, the human and the fig tree which; once you get used to the changing narration, draws you in, entwining you in the roots and branches of love, fear, happiness and despair.
This has to be one of the most powerful, emotive books I have read for a long time. A story told from two different perspectives, the human and the fig tree which; once you get used to the changing narration, draws you in, entwining you in the roots and branches of love, fear, happiness and despair.
The compassionate and, yet at times, blunt way in which Elif develops the reader's understanding, and relationship with the characters and how they were affected by the Greek/ Turkish division in Cyprus at different times of their lives is expertly woven into this story of love and grief .
I will definitely be looking out for more of Elif's books to read in the near future.