Book review: Historical meets modern day

'There are Rivers in the Sky' is a sprawling, inventive novel that will amuse you no end, and is bound to make you think
Book review: Historical meets modern day

If anyone can manage to encompass stories separated by decades, centuries, and even millennia, it’s Elif Shafak. Picture: Getty Images

Sat, 03 Aug, 2024 - 01:00
Paul Whitington

  • There are Rivers in the Sky 
  • Elif Shafak 
  • Penguin Viking, €19.99

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