The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree — A Novel by Shokoofeh Azar
A timely and timeless story by one of Iran's rising literary stars about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead.
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. While hoping to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives, they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across the country.
A timely and timeless story by one of Iran's rising literary stars about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead.
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. While hoping to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives, they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across the country.
A timely and timeless story by one of Iran's rising literary stars about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead.
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. While hoping to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives, they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across the country.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shokoofeh Azar moved to Australia as a political refugee in 2011. She is the author of essays, articles, and children’s books, and is the first Iranian woman to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, originally written in Farsi, was shortlisted for Australia’s Stella Prize for Fiction and is her first novel to be translated into English.