In it we follow Aria as she searches for belonging and falls in love amid the political tumult of her age Sunday TelegraphĮpic in scope. This rags-to-riches-to revolution tale about an orphan girl's coming of age in Iran is sweeping, cinematic and oh-so gripping. Set in a vibrantly depicted Tehran and spanning a 30-year period leading up to the 1981 Iranian Revolution, Hozar's serpentine narrative shows how the inequality and corruption of Iranian society under the Shah gives way to something more sinister.
leaves you simultaneously heartbroken and full of hope Sunday Times An impressive debut, not easily forgotten ObserverĪn affecting portrait of the Iranian revolution. heart-pounding Asia House ArtsĮxplores the darkness and hope of a city on the brink of revolution. Nazanine Hozar's stunning debut takes us inside the Iranian revolution - but seen like never before, through the eyes of an orphan girl. The skilfully told story of a young woman struggling to find her place in intolerant, revolutionary Iran i Nazanine Hozar's immaculate first novel follows a group of Iranians in the lead-up to the 1979 revolution and marks the arrival of a major new voice Alex Preston, Observer It is a book about a particular time and place yet also, and perhaps more importantly, about the common hopes and intimate longings of lives so forcibly invaded by national events Hisham Matar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return a poised and dramatic historical novel with contemporary relevance John IrvingĪ beautiful book set against the pains and passions of the Iranian Revolution. A Doctor Zhivago of Iran Margaret Atwood, TwitterĪria is a feminist odyssey, about a girl in a time of intolerance as the revolution in Iran is breaking out. A sweeping saga about the Iranian revolution as it explodes - told from the ground level and centre of the chaos.
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