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- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Pomegranate Sky is an evocative story of love and lies set against the turmoil of post-revolutionary Tehran. An impressive debut novel, Pomegranate Sky won the inaugural Virginia Prize for Fiction (2009). Living in contemporary Tehran, Layla refuses to bow...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Iran: A destination that is seldom seen by westerners yet often misunderstood. A country that simultaneously “enchants and enrages” those who visit it. A place where leading a double life has become the norm. In Couchsurfing in Iran, award-winning...
Tapestries of the Heart: Four Women, Four Persian Generations
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 19th, 20th centuries
This award winning novel portrays four generations of Persian women over a span of one hundred years. It depicts the effects of religion and politics-ever changing in Iranian society. Tapestries stands out as a true representation of the cycle...
- Location(s): Azerbaijan, Georgia (GE), Tehran
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Russian Revolution (1917-18)
Ali Khan is an Islamic boy from Azerbaijan with his ancestors’ passion for the desert and warrior legends, but his lover Nino, a beautiful Christian girl from Georgia, is the child with a more European sensibility. Close to one...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Graphic Novel
- Era(s): Modern
The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran’s last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her...
- Location(s): Iran, Istanbul (Constantinople), Ottoman Empire, Vienna
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 17th century
Evliya Celebi was the Pepys of the Ottoman world—a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour. He is in the pantheon of the great travel-writers of the world, though virtually unknown to western readers. This...
- Location(s): Iran, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1896-1986
This award winning novel takes place in Persia/Iran and the United States. This novel portrays four generations of Persian women over a span of one hundred years. It depicts the effects of religion and politics — ever changing in...