There are Rivers in the Sky

An absorbing novel. Shafak is a novelist whose interest in mapping the intricately related world and its history goes beyond literary device.

Guardian

Make place for Elif Shafak on your bookshelf. Make place for her in your heart too. You won't regret it

Arundhati Roy

It will surprise no one that this is a brutal, elegant and incredible book. Amazing what Elif Shafak has done here - again! Magic.

Evie Wyld

An odyssey, an epic, a lament, and a tale of redemption, There are Rivers in the Sky is a clarion call to honor the elemental forces that shape our memories, our histories, and our world. In short, a masterpiece.

Ruth Ozeki

A book that is astonishing, ingenious and beautiful. A modern classic. Elif Shafak is one of the great writers of our time

Peter Frankopan

A deep and satisfying sweep of a story combining intellectual pleasures with a transformative empathy. Particular, universal, with head and with heart in perfect balance, this is surely a landmark novel.

Laline Paull