Elif Shafak Collection 3 Books Set (The Island of Missing Trees, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Architect's Apprentice)

Elif Shafak Collection 3 Books Set (The Island of Missing Trees, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Architect's Apprentice): The Island of Missing Trees: It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World: For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearne...