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2026 Nominated

There Are Rivers in the Sky

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

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.

A tour-de-force throughtout time and space, where three lives are linked by a single drop of water. The style resembles that of storytellers of the old and the reader is swept away along with the droplet and lulled by the enchanted voice of the narrator. (BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE “VITTORIO EMANUELE III” NAPOLI)

 

 

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Elif
Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller. She has published 21 books, 13 of which are novels and her books have been translated into 58 languages. The Island of Missing Trees was a finalist for the Costa Award, British Book Awards, RSL Ondaatje Prize and Women’s Prize for Fiction and was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and was Blackwell’s Book of the Year. The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by BBC among the 100 Novels that Shaped Our World.

 

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller. She has published 21 books, 13 of which are novels and her books have been translated into 58 languages. The Island of Missing Trees was a finalist for the Costa Award, British Book Awards, RSL Ondaatje Prize and Women’s Prize for Fiction and was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and was Blackwell’s Book of the Year. The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by BBC among the 100 Novels that Shaped Our World.

 

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A tour-de-force throughout time and space, where three lives are linked by a single drop of water. The style resembles that of storytellers of the old and the reader is swept away along with the droplet and lulled by the enchanted voice of the narrator. (BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE “VITTORIO EMANUELE III” NAPOLI and Municipal Library of Prague)

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
08/08/2024
Country
Turkey, United Kingdom
Author
Publisher
Viking
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