There are Rivers in the the Sky - SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Shafak, Elif
Sold by Signature Firsts, Brecon, POWYS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since September 16, 2009
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Signature Firsts, Brecon, POWYS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since September 16, 2009
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFine first printing in fine dust wrapper. An as-new, unread copy. The publisher's SIGNED EDITION which has been duly signed by the author to the appropriate SIGNED EDITION page. Published to huge acclaim.
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This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water.
*****
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.
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
A 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.
*****
‘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 Beard
Elif Shafak, a Nielsen bestseller of 2023
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