The enlightenment of the greengage tree

Author

Shokoofeh Azar

Call Number

• FICTION AZAR (CEN)

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2020.

Physical Description

245 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

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.

Notes

"Translated from the Persian" -- Title page