{"product_id":"9780241435014","title":"There are Rivers in the Sky","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Elif Shafak\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8 August 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Viking) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e147 x 225 x 46mm | 592g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis 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\u003cp\u003e*****In 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\u003cp\u003eIn Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. When his brilliant memory earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, the world opens up far beyond the slums and across the seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits to be baptised. The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon she and her grandmother must journey across war-torn lands in the hope of reaching the sacred valley of their people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2018 London, broken-hearted Zaleekhah, a hydrologist, moves to a houseboat on the Thames to escape the wreckage of her marriage – until an unexpected connection to her homeland changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling feat of storytelling from one of the greatest writers of our time that spans centuries, continents and cultures, entwined by rivers, rains, and waterdrops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****‘Elif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature’ Ian McEwan'An extraordinary novel, fresh and cleansing, like the rain bouncing off the metal roof of our lives' Colum McCann'Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it' Arundhati Roy'One of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi'A brilliant, unforgettable novel' Mary BeardElif Shafak, a Nielsen bestseller of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elif Shafak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839566229853,"sku":"9780241435014","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780241435014.jpg?v=1780059199","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780241435014","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}