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MacAdam/Cage Publishing
September 2007
On Sale: September 1, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 1596922516
EAN: 9781596922518
Hardcover
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Fiction
From the best-selling author of Moonlight on the Avenue
of Faith, a stirring, lyrical tale that offers American
readers unique insight into the inner workings of Iranian
society.
In the decade before the Islamic Revolution,
Iran is a country on the brink of explosion. Twelve-year-old
Yaas is born into an already divided family: Her father is
the son of wealthy Iranian Jews who are integrated into the
country’s upper-class, mostly Muslim elite; her mother was
raised in the slums of South Tehran, one street away from
the old Jewish ghetto.
Yaas spends her childhood
navigating the many layers of Iranian society. Her task,
already difficult because of the disparity in her parents’
worldview, becomes all the more critical when her father
falls in love with a beautiful woman from a noble Muslim
family. As her parents’ marriage begins to crumble and the
country moves ever closer to revolution, Yaas is plagued by
a mysterious and terrifying illness. But despite her
ailment, when she learns that her father is about to abandon
her and her mother—to immigrate to America with his
mistress—Yaas is determined to save herself and her family.
At once a cultural exploration of an
as-yet-unfamiliar society and a psychological study of the
effects of loss, Caspian Rain takes the reader inside
the tragic and fascinating world of a brave young girl
struggling against impossible odds.
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