{"product_id":"there-are-rivers-in-the-sky","title":"There are Rivers in the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe breathtaking new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. Arthur’s only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, Arthur’s world opens up far beyond the slums, with one book soon sending him across the seas: Nineveh and Its Remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits to be baptised with water brought from the holy sit of Lalish in Iraq. The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon Narin and her grandmother must journey across war-torn lands in the hope of reaching the sacred valley of their people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003cp\u003eReview\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will make you think, cry, rage – and hope. It is Elif Shafak at her best ― The New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGloriously expansive and intellectually rich... a magnificent achievement ― The Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly evocative. A fascinating stream of storytelling. ― Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngrossing. I turned the pages hungrily, carried by Shafak’s energetic prose and confident that it was heading towards a coherent and rewarding ending. As ever, Shafak did not disappoint. ― I Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing novel. Shafak is a novelist whose interest in mapping the intricately related world and its history goes beyond literary device. ― Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it -- Arundhati Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will surprise no one that this is a brutal, elegant and incredible book. Amazing what Elif Shafak has done here - again! Magic. -- Evie Wyld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn odyssey, an epic, a lament, and a tale of redemption, There are Rivers in the Sky is a clarion call to honor the elemental forces that shape our memories, our histories, and our world. In short, a masterpiece. -- Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA book that is astonishing, ingenious and beautiful. A modern classic. Elif Shafak is one of the great writers of our time -- Peter Frankopan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA deep and satisfying sweep of a story combining intellectual pleasures with a transformative empathy. Particular, universal, with head and with heart in perfect balance, this is surely a landmark novel. -- Laline Paull\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great, sweeping, enthralling novel - Elif Shafak's narrative vision is as remarkable and astonishing as ever. Wonderful. -- Will Boyd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterature on a grand scale, mythic and timeless -- Nadifa Mohamed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are Rivers in the Sky is an enchanting epic, told through the vantage of single raindrop, where the sacred mysteries of water, science, and poetry collide. In this gorgeous and riverine novel, water is poetry, water is memory. This is a love song to the keepers of our stories and histories, a resounding tribute to the wise women who know the poetry of our rivers. Elif Shafak is one of them―a master storyteller whose prose thrums with such gorgeous details and propulsive spirit, flowing with a keen-eyed wisdom that only she could conjure. I came away feeling restored -- Safiya Sinclair\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElif 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. Her words and works―compelling and provocative―leave us in a space of light, a clearing from where we can see this world anew. -- Viet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its bravura opening through to its final pages, There are Rivers in the Sky is a dazzling achievement. Shafak’s imagination is a wonder: bold, capacious, beautiful and wise. -- Katie Kitamura\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElif Shafak's beautiful and moving new novel bears the reader along on its marvellous currents. Here, rivers twine with other rivers and lives with other lives across centuries and cultures, as the fate of a single drop of water weaves an intricate tapestry of love and loss -- Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntricate, exhilarating storytelling that is a poetic reminder of how connected we are to one another and to the past. -- Tracy Chevalier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great epic novel, as swift as a torrent, as deep as an ocean. Elif Shafak at the height of her powers, sweeping us off our feet. -- Leila Slimani\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the best writers in the world today -- Hanif Kureishi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWide-ranging, eloquent and lavishly detailed, There are Rivers in the Sky expertly draws its various narratives to a powerful climax -- Abdulrazah Gurnah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's an elegance to Shafak's storytelling that always draws me, but it is her grit and substance that held me to the last page. Wonderful. -- Bonnie Garmus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single raindrop links three narrative threads: Victorian London, where Arthur is obsessed with a lost poem after a visit to the British Museum; the River Tigris in 2014 as Narin flees war with her grandmother; and London in 2018 through the eyes of hydrologist Zaleekhah ― Grazia - 12 more sizzling summer reads\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne lost poem, two great rivers, three vivid characters from different cultures and times are all united in the ever-changing fate of a single raindrop as it journeys from Victorian London to modern day Turkey in this evocative, immersive epic ― The Simple Things - Ticket to read\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, unforgettable novel, which raises big ideas of 'who owns the past' with nuance and complexity. Elif Shafak ties together diverse time periods and places in a way that seems both natural and wonderfully unexpected. -- Mary Beard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright, vivid and timeless like rivers. -- Philippa Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature -- Ian McEwan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ Viking (8 August 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241435021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241435021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ 599 g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.3 x 4 x 23.4 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CGA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191609856085,"sku":"9780241435021","price":4290.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9642\/6581\/files\/1735.jpg?v=1772363838","url":"https:\/\/cgabooksonline.com\/products\/there-are-rivers-in-the-sky","provider":"CGA Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}