There Are Rivers in the Sky: A novel By Elif Shafak
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In Elif Shafak’s mesmerizing novel, There Are Rivers in the Sky, the lives of three characters are intricately intertwined by the enduring influence of water across time and space. Set against the backdrop of two great rivers, the Tigris and the Thames, this novel weaves together a tapestry of historical and contemporary narratives.
The story begins in ancient Nineveh along the Tigris River, where King Ashurbanipal’s library once housed the Epic of Gilgamesh. This ancient poem becomes a symbol of the enduring connection between the rivers and the lives they touch.
In 1840 London, Arthur grows up in the squalor of the River Thames, where his extraordinary memory offers him a chance at escape. His path crosses with the tale of Nineveh through a book he discovers, linking his fate to the ancient epic.
Fast forward to 2014 Turkey, where ten-year-old Narin faces a tragic diagnosis of impending deafness. As ISIS threatens her homeland and her family’s heritage along the Tigris, her grandmother strives to fulfill a final wish to baptize her in a sacred temple before it’s too late.
In 2018 London, Zaleekah, a hydrologist newly divorced and seeking solace on a houseboat on the Thames, contemplates her future. The discovery of a book about her ancestral lands rekindles her hope and connects her to the past in profound ways.
There Are Rivers in the Sky is a stunning exploration of how rivers, both life-giving and destructive, transcend history and fate, reminding us that while water remembers, it is humans who often forget. 📚❤️
The story begins in ancient Nineveh along the Tigris River, where King Ashurbanipal’s library once housed the Epic of Gilgamesh. This ancient poem becomes a symbol of the enduring connection between the rivers and the lives they touch.
In 1840 London, Arthur grows up in the squalor of the River Thames, where his extraordinary memory offers him a chance at escape. His path crosses with the tale of Nineveh through a book he discovers, linking his fate to the ancient epic.
Fast forward to 2014 Turkey, where ten-year-old Narin faces a tragic diagnosis of impending deafness. As ISIS threatens her homeland and her family’s heritage along the Tigris, her grandmother strives to fulfill a final wish to baptize her in a sacred temple before it’s too late.
In 2018 London, Zaleekah, a hydrologist newly divorced and seeking solace on a houseboat on the Thames, contemplates her future. The discovery of a book about her ancestral lands rekindles her hope and connects her to the past in profound ways.
There Are Rivers in the Sky is a stunning exploration of how rivers, both life-giving and destructive, transcend history and fate, reminding us that while water remembers, it is humans who often forget. 📚❤️
Listed on 26 August, 2024