There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakThis 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

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