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There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

Start date: January 1, 2025

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Jan 23, 2025 LauraT rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really a beautiful book. Going backwards and forwards along timeline, following the dreams of human life, seen from the point of view of a waterdrop, with a long long memory!

Nowadays all tablets in the kingdom are dedicated to the mighty and masculine Nabu instead of the ethereal and feminine Nisaba. That is the way it should be, the king believes. Writing is a manly task, and it requires a virile patron, a male god. Nabu has become the official custodian of scribes and the guardian of all knowl ...more

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Jan 23, 2025 Alannah Clarke rated it really liked it · review of another edition

There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak is a beautiful and thought-provoking audiobook that delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the intricate connections between personal and collective histories. Shafak’s storytelling is rich with emotion, and her prose is as poetic as it is insightful. Narrated with depth and nuance, the audiobook captures the essence of the book's exploration of displacement, exile, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world.

The narrative follows the lives ...more

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