Books There Are Rivers In The Sky By Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak is a sweeping novel that weaves together the lives of three characters across different times and places, all connected by two great rivers—the Tigris and the Thames—and a single drop of water. The story spans from ancient Mesopotamia, where the Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, to Victorian London, where Arthur, a boy with a photographic memory, escapes poverty through his love of books. In 2014 Turkey, young Narin, a Yazidi girl facing persecution and losing her hearing, embarks on a perilous journey to be baptized in her sacred homeland. Finally, in 2018 London, Zaleekah, a hydrologist recovering from divorce, finds new purpose after discovering a connection to her heritage. The novel explores themes of memory, identity, survival, and the enduring power of water to transcend history and bind disparate lives together125678.

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