Rivers flow through the air

London, 2018. Zaleekhah finds solace in her research on rivers and, thanks to a friend, discovers a peculiar ancient language. What connects these three strangers across the centuries is water, because "water keeps all memories. It's people who forget." "There are rivers running in the sky" by Elif Shafak is a magnificent book. "Her new novel, and perhaps her most ambitious to date" De Morgen. "Make room for Shafak on your bookshelf. Make room for her in your heart, too. You won't regret it." Arundhati Roy Londres, 1840. Arthur is fascinated by ancient Mesopotamia and in particular by the Epic of Gilgamesh, which tells the story of a haughty hero who only repents when he has lost everything. Turkey, 2014. 10-year-old Narin must flee ISIS with her grandmother, who comes from a long line of female seers. "A lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives are connected to each other by a single drop of water in Shafak's masterful new novel." **** De Standaard der Letteren. Elif Shafak (1971) is an award-winning Turkish-British author and best-selling writer. Her works have been translated into more than fifty countries and have won numerous international awards. She is a TED Global speaker and campaigns for minority rights. Shafak has been prosecuted twice by the Turkish government because of her books. Shafak is a professor at the University of Oxford, among others, and was appointed vice president of Translated with DeepL.com (free version)