Leesclub Femma: 'There are rivers flowing in the air' by Elif Shafak

London, 2018. Zaleekhah finds comfort in her research on rivers, and comes into contact with a special old language through a friend. What connects the three outsiders through the centuries is the water, because: ‘Water keeps all memories. It is the people who forget.’ 'There are rivers flowing in the sky' by Elif Shafak is a beautiful book ‘Her new and perhaps also most ambitious novel to date’ De Morgen ‘Make room for Shafak in your bookcase. Also make room for her in your heart. You won't regret it.’ Arundhati Roy Londen, 1840. Arthur becomes fascinated by ancient Mesopotamia and in particular by the epic Gilgamesh epic, about a haughty hero who only comes to repentance when he has lost everything. Turkey, 2014. 10-year-old Narin must flee from isis, together with her grandmother, who comes from a long line of female seers. 'A lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives are connected 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 bestselling author. Her work has been translated into more than fifty countries and has won many international prizes. She is TED Global Speaker and is committed to rights for minorities. Because of her books, Shafak was sued twice by the Turkish government. Shafak is a professor at, among others, Oxford University and in 2020 she was appointed as vice president of the Royal Society of Literature. The BBC named her one of the 100 most influential and inspiring women.