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NAL Trade
May 2009
On Sale: May 5, 2009
368 pages
ISBN: 045122681X
EAN: 9780451226815
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From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of
Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel of young
love and coming of age in an Iran headed toward
revolution. In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally
vivid novel, Mahbod Seraji lays bare the beauty and
brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while
reaffirming the human experiences we all share. In a
middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital
city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973
on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around
one minute and asking burning questions about life the
next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful
neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to
another man. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time
together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a
beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent
consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a
powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice...
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