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A Kurdish boy is forced to betray his people, in service of the new Iranian nation, with tragic consequences.
Reza had been like any other Kurdish boy; but after he is orphaned in a massacre by the armies of Iran’s new shah, everything changes. Later, as husband to a Tehrani woman, and as a military officer, his duties bring him face to face with his past.
Told with an evocative richness of language that recalls the work of Michael Ondaatje and Anita Desai, the story of Reza Khourdi is that of the twentieth-century Everyman who cannot help but yearn for the impossible dreams of love, land, and home. This is a universal story of the casualties of war by a stunning new voice.
From the Hardcover edition.
Reza had been like any other Kurdish boy; but after he is orphaned in a massacre by the armies of Iran’s new shah, everything changes. Later, as husband to a Tehrani woman, and as a military officer, his duties bring him face to face with his past.
Told with an evocative richness of language that recalls the work of Michael Ondaatje and Anita Desai, the story of Reza Khourdi is that of the twentieth-century Everyman who cannot help but yearn for the impossible dreams of love, land, and home. This is a universal story of the casualties of war by a stunning new voice.
From the Hardcover edition.
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“Arresting, powerful, transformative.... A major voice to watch.”
— Chris Abani, author of Graceland
“Ironic, beautifully written.... A strong, unflinching voice and a penetrating vision.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A remarkable first novel.... Highly recommended."
— Library Journal
"This is a stunning debut...unflinching, gorgeously poetic, intimate yet with a wondrous sweep of history."
— Christina Garcia, author of Dreaming in Cuban
From the Hardcover edition.
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— Chris Abani, author of Graceland
“Ironic, beautifully written.... A strong, unflinching voice and a penetrating vision.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A remarkable first novel.... Highly recommended."
— Library Journal
"This is a stunning debut...unflinching, gorgeously poetic, intimate yet with a wondrous sweep of history."
— Christina Garcia, author of Dreaming in Cuban
From the Hardcover edition.
Laleh Khadivi was born in Iran in 1977, but fled with her family to the United States in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution. She has taught, and worked as a documentary film maker, and currently lives in Atlanta, where she is Fiction Fellow at Emory University.
From the Hardcover edition.
From the Hardcover edition.
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- EditoreEmblem Editions
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0771095961
- ISBN 13 9780771095962
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine304
- Valutazione libreria
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