Shokoofeh Azar: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a small village,...
ISBN: 9781787703100
Author: Shokoofeh Azar
Page: 246
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2021
Format: Book
Publisher: EUROPA EDITIONS
Language: English

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Price: 3 850 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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...hoping in this way to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land and its people. Bahar’s mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020

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