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There are Rivers in the Sky (Paperback)
Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around 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 new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

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Awards

Winner:

Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize

Nominated:

Indie Book Award for Fiction
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction

Media Reviews

‘Elif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature’ Ian McEwan

'Shafak makes a new home for us in words' Colum McCann

'One of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi

'Elif Shafak approaches the world with grace, lyricism, and courage. Confronting societies riven by conflicts over gender, religion, sexuality, nationalism, memory, ideology, and more, Shafak wields the novel's artistic power to cut through complacency and orthodoxy with ruthlessness and beauty.' - Viet Thanh Nguyen

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The Author

Author: Elif Shafak
Nationality: Turkish

The Book

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Published: 2025-04-03
First Published: 2024
ISBN: 9780241988749

The Place

Continent: Asia