The enlightenment of the greengage tree
Azar, Shokoofeh2021
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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.
Main title:
The enlightenment of the greengage tree / Shokoofeh Azar.
Author:
Azar, Shokoofeh, author
Imprint:
London : Europa Editions, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Persian.
ISBN:
9781787703100 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
891.5534
Language:
EnglishPersian
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BRN:
1040923
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