Elif Shafak — The Island of Missing Trees

London, Viking, 2021. Cloth. A signed exclusive first edition of Elif Shafak"s The Island of Missing Trees, a contemporary novel set between Cyprus and London following a teenage girl uncovering her family"s divided past. In the publisher's original bule cloth binding. First exclusive signed edition.Signed by the author, Elif Shafak, to the half-title. A contemporary novel set between Cyprus and London in the aftermath of the island"s civil conflict, following a teenage girl uncovering her family"s divided past and a forbidden love across ethnic and political lines.Elif Shafak (1971-) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, and academic, widely translated and known for themes of exile, identity, feminism, and minority rights; she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to literature. The novel was shortlisted for the Women"s Prize for Fiction in 2022. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper excellent, with very slight rubbing to wraps and the slightest edge wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Signed by the author to the half-title. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.