02310nam a22003017a 4500008004100000020001800041037005100059041001200110082001400122100001700136245003200153250000600185260002700191300000800218500142500226650001201651650002401663650002201687650002301709650002601732650003001758942000801788942000801796942000801804942000801812952016901820999001901989240924b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780241435021  cPurchasednCurrent Books,Convent Jn,Ernakulam   aEnglish  aFbSHA/TH  aShafak, Elif  aTHERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY  a1  aUKbVikingc2024/01/01  g483  aThis 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. Arthur's only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, Arthur's world opens up far beyond the slums, with one book soon sending him across the seas: Nineveh and Its Remains. In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits to be baptised with water brought from the holy city of Lalish in Iraq. The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon Narin 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. Zaleekhah foresees a life drained of all love and meaning -- until an unexpected connection to her homeland changes everything. A dazzling feat of storytelling from one of the greatest writers of our time, Elif Shafak's There are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel that spans centuries, continents and cultures, entwined by rivers, rains, and waterdrops  aFiction  aApprentices Fiction  aGilgamesh Fiction  aHistorical fiction  aPsychological fiction  aRain and rainfall Fiction  cLEN  2ddc  2ddc  2ddc  00102ddc40708FICaMAINbMAINcFICd2024-09-23ePurchasedg899.00i000213,2024/09/21l14m8oF SHA/THpE1100715r2026-08-16 15:09:26s2026-07-08w2024-09-23yLEN  c193436d193436