There Are Rivers in the Sky

A Story That Flows Across Centuries

From the ancient rivers of Mesopotamia to the rain-soaked streets of modern London, There Are Rivers in the Sky weaves together three lives separated by millennia but bound by water, memory, and longing. Elif Shafak's luminous prose carries us from the court of King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh to Victorian England and contemporary Istanbul, tracing the invisible threads that connect us across time.

A meditation on loss, belonging, and the stories we carry within us, this is a novel that reads like a river — deep, restless, and impossible to forget.

Why Readers Are Captivated

• A sweeping, multi-generational literary epic spanning 3,000 years
• Elif Shafak's most ambitious and breathtaking work yet
• Explores water, civilisation, and the fragility of human connection
• Perfect for fans of The Minefields, Pachinko, and The God of Small Things
• Ideal for readers who love rich, lyrical, character-driven fiction

By Elif Shafak, internationally bestselling author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and The Forty Rules of Love. Published by Penguin.