On this episode of arts24, Eve Jackson sits down with one of the vital 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 way of historical past and geography, tracing a single drop of water from historic Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, in opposition to the pressing backdrop of local weather disaster and cultural loss.
Elif Shafak: Fiction as a bridge throughout divides in a fractured world
