Mtengo uliwonse uli ndi zipatso zake. Kuchokera ku mtengo wa apulo ndi mayesero ake akale, okwanira kutiponya kunja kwa paradaiso, kupita ku mtengo wamba wa mkuyu ndi zipatso zake zachilendo zodzaza ndi zizindikiro pakati pa zokopa ndi zopatulika, malingana ndi momwe mukuziwonera ndipo, koposa zonse, kudalira amene akuwona…
Nkhani imene Elif shafak Amadziwa momwe angathandizire kwambiri kuposa momwe amawonera mbiri yakale yomwe imasinthira chidwi kuchokera ku zochitika zakale kupita ku zochitika. Chifukwa kwa Elif Shafak sikunena za kufotokoza zotuluka, zotsatira ndi njira zomwe anthu ena amatengera kutengera momwe zinthu ziliri. Kwa iye komanso makamaka kwa omwe amamutsatira, funso ndikukoka ulusi womwe umagwirizanitsa chirichonse muzovala zobisika, zamtengo wapatali. Pafupifupi mosawoneka bwino kuumba seams za kukhalapo, wa mafunso oponyedwa m'tsogolo amene ali ana ndi maukonde akale monga yankho lililonse lomaliza.
Kuchokera kwa wolemba wa Booker Prize womaliza komanso owerenga oposa 300.000 padziko lonse lapansi, amabwera "buku lokongola komanso losautsa lomwe limayang'ana zinsinsi zakuda zankhondo zapachiŵeniŵeni ndi kuipa kwauchigawenga" (Margaret Atwood)
M'chaka cha 1974, pamene asilikali a ku Turkey akugwira kumpoto kwa Cyprus, Kostas, Mgiriki wachikhristu, ndi Defne, Msilamu wa ku Turkey, amakumana mobisa pansi pa denga lakuda la Tavern ya Happy Fig Tree, kumene zingwe za adyo, anyezi ndi tsabola. . Kumeneko, kutali ndi kutentha kwa nkhondo, mtengo wa mkuyu umamera kupyolera mu denga, umboni wa chikondi cha achinyamata awiriwa, komanso kusamvetsetsana kwawo, kuyambika kwa mkangano, kuwonongedwa kwa Nicosia ndi kulekana komvetsa chisoni kwa okonda awiriwa.
Zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, ku North London, Ada Kazantzakis anamwalira kumene amayi ake. Ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, sanapitenso pachilumbachi chomwe makolo ake adabadwira ndipo akufunitsitsa kuwulula zinsinsi, magawano komanso chete. Chiyanjano chokha chomwe ali nacho ndi dziko la makolo ake ndi Ficus carica yomwe imamera m'munda wa nyumba yake. The Island of the Lost Tree ndi nkhani yamatsenga yokhudzana ndi kukhala ndi umunthu, chikondi ndi zowawa, komanso mphamvu yodabwitsa yokonzanso kudzera mu kukumbukira.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la «The Island of the perdido”, lolemba Elif Shafak, apa: