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In There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak weaves a poetic tapestry of memory, identity, and the flow of history through time.

The novel connects distant eras and places—ancient Mesopotamia, Victorian London, modern Iraq, and contemporary London—through the enduring presence of water.

Shafak invites readers to reflect on the fragility of culture, the resilience of human spirit, and the silent yet powerful ways in which the past shapes the present.

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At its heart, the book is a meditation on belonging and exile, on what is remembered and what is forgotten.

Through interwoven narratives, Shafak captures the beauty and the sorrow of human existence, reminding us that just as rivers carry memory, so too do we carry the echoes of those who came before us.

There Are Rivers in the Sky is a lyrical and profound journey, one that flows beyond the page and lingers in the soul.

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“Water remembers. It is humans who forget.”