On this episode of arts24, Eve Jackson sits down with some of the celebrated British-Turkish novelists of our time, Elif Shafak. With over 20 books translated into greater than 50 languages, Shafak believes fiction stays one of many final really democratic areas, the place tales can construct empathy, problem polarisation and create connections throughout cultures. Her newest novel, “There Are Rivers within the Sky”, takes readers on a sweeping journey by means of historical past and geography, tracing a single drop of water from historical Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, in opposition to the pressing backdrop of local weather disaster and cultural loss.[/gpt3]
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