He hua ko kela laau keia laau. Mai ka lāʻau apple me kona mau hoʻowalewale kahiko, lawa e hoʻolei iā mākou i waho o ka paradaiso, a hiki i ka lāʻau fiku maʻamau me kāna mau hua maʻamau i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hōʻailona ma waena o ka erotic a me ka laʻa, ma muli o ke ʻano āu e nānā ai a, ma luna o nā mea a pau ʻo wai ke nānā nei…
He moʻolelo i loko ʻO Elif shafak ʻIke ʻo ia pehea e hāʻawi nui aku ai ma mua o kēlā manaʻo intrahistorical e hoʻololi i ka manaʻo mai nā hanana mōʻaukala i nā ʻike. No ka mea ʻo Elif Shafak ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka haʻi ʻana i nā derivatives, nā hopena a me nā ala i lawe ʻia e kekahi mau mea e pili ana i nā kūlana. No ia a no kona mau protagonists, ʻo ka nīnau ka huki ʻana i ke kaula e hoʻopili ai i nā mea a pau i loko o kahi humuhumu maʻalahi. Aneane i ʻike ʻole ʻia ke ʻano o ke ola, nā nīnau i hoʻolei ʻia i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia nā keiki a me nā leo o ka wā i hala e like me nā pane hope.
Mai ka mea kākau o ka Booker Prize finalist a ʻoi aku ma mua o 300.000 mau mea heluhelu ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, hele mai "he moʻolelo nani a weliweli e pili ana i nā mea huna o nā kaua kīwila a me nā hewa o ka extremism" (Margaret Atwood)
I loko o ka convulsive 1974, oiai ka Tureke koa e noho ana ma ka akau o Kupero, Kostas, he Karistiano Helene, a me Defne, he Muslim Turk, halawai malu malalo o na kaola eleele o ka Happy Fig Tree tavern, kahi i kaula o ke kāleka, onion a me ka pepa. . Ma laila, mamao loa mai ka wela o ke kaua, ulu ka lāʻau fiku ma loko o ka lua i ke kaupaku, he mea hōʻike i ke aloha o nā ʻōpio ʻelua, akā no ko lāua kuhihewa ʻana, ka puka ʻana o ka hakakā, ka luku ʻana o Nicosia a me ka ka kaawale poino o na mea ipo elua.
He mau makahiki ma hope mai, ma North London, ua nalowale ʻo Ada Kazantzakis i kona makuahine. I ka makahiki ʻumikūmāono, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kipa aku i ka mokupuni i hānau ʻia ai kona mau mākua a makemake nui e wehe i nā makahiki o nā mea huna, ka māhele a me ka noho mālie. ʻO ka pilina wale nō me ka ʻāina o kona mau kūpuna, ʻo ia ka Ficus carica e ulu ana ma ka māla o kona hale. He moʻolelo kupua ka Mokupuni o ka lāʻau nalo e pili ana i ke ʻano a me ka ʻike, ke aloha a me ka ʻeha, a me ka mana kupaianaha no ka hoʻohou ʻana ma o ka hoʻomanaʻo.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke moʻolelo «The Island of the perdido", na Elif Shafak, maanei:
