The enlightenment of the greengage tree /
Azar, Shokoofeh, author.
The enlightenment of the greengage tree / Shokoofeh Azar - 245 pages ; 21 cm
"Translated from the Persian" -- Title page
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, 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. Bahar's mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning in a world swept up in the post-revolutionary madness.
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Families--Iran--Fiction.
Islam and civil society--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979--Fiction.
Iran--History--1979-1997--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
The enlightenment of the greengage tree / Shokoofeh Azar - 245 pages ; 21 cm
"Translated from the Persian" -- Title page
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, 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. Bahar's mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning in a world swept up in the post-revolutionary madness.
1609455657 9781609455651 9781787702110 1787702111
GBB9I1046 bnb
019601569 Uk
Families--Iran--Fiction.
Islam and civil society--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979--Fiction.
Iran--History--1979-1997--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Magic realist fiction.