Memory and Water Bind Three Lives Across Centuries
Water, memory and lives separated by centuries flow together in this layered novel. Elif Shafak gives the story a wide historical reach, but the feeling stays intimate, shaped by grief, connection and the traces people leave behind. That turns There Are into a more rounded suggestion.
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There Are Rivers in the Sky
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Memory and Water Bind Three Lives Across Centuries
Water, memory and lives separated by centuries flow together in this layered novel. Elif Shafak gives the story a wide historical reach, but the feeling stays intimate, shaped by grief, connection and the traces people leave behind. That turns There Are into a more rounded suggestion.
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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 * **** * ***** 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. * **** * ***** FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION WINNER OF THE GORDON BOWKER PRIZE 2025 WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS SPRING COLLECTION '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
Ideal for readers who:
- Want sweeping literary fiction that connects rivers, memory and lost histories.
- Follow stories moving between the Thames, the Tigris and the epic of Gilgamesh.
- Like ambitious novels where political ideas remain rooted in human lives.
- Read Elif Shafak for emotional intimacy on a wide historical canvas.
- About The Author
- Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-seven languages. The author of twenty books, fourteen of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's previous novel, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, was the UK's bestselling literary hardback novel of 2025, selling over 500,000 copies. Her work has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, amongst others, and she is currently nominated for 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards. Elif Shafak was appointed President of the Royal Society of Literature in 2025. Her books have sold several million copies worldwide.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780241988749
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, (03 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 482
- Weight
- 342 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 33 mm
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