There are rivers in the sky a novel

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 extr...

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Main Author: Shafak, Elif, 1971- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Edition:First American edition.
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