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There are Rivers in the Sky

By Elif Shafak
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There are Rivers in the Sky is an enchanting epic, told through the vantage of a single raindrop, where the sacred mysteries of water, science, and poetry collide. This rich, sweeping novel is set between the 19th century and modern times. It explores themes of love... Read More
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There are Rivers in the Sky is an enchanting epic, told through the vantage of a single raindrop, where the sacred mysteries of water, science, and poetry collide.

This rich, sweeping novel is set between the 19th century and modern times. It explores themes of love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing. At its heart are three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris, their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh.

The interplay of these rivers with the characters' lives reflects a profound connection between the past and present, woven together through the currents of history and legend.

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ISBN: 9780241988749

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into fifty-five languages. The author of nineteen books, twelve of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's latest novel, The Island of Missing Trees, was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the Women's Prize. Her previous novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize; longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award; and chosen as Blackwell's Book of the Year. She is a Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature. Shafak was awarded the Halld r Laxness International Literature Prize for her contribution to 'the renewal of the art of storytelling.'

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