Iran

'The word-of-mouth breakout' STYLIST 'As funny as it is moving' GUARDIAN 'Funny and profound' TASH AW A riotously funny and moving debut novel following five women from three generations of a once illustrious...

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in...

The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman's perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writerSet primarily in...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020: The story of an Iranian man reckoning with his capacity for love and evil.Set in Iran and New York City, Man of...

A Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar’s debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelling. Kimia, a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to...

Translated by Susan MassottyA father-son tale set amid the tumultuous history of twentieth-century Iran, written by a masterful Iranian novelist in exile.When he was a boy, Aga Akbar, the illegitimate,...

This story came to me and entered my soul. It did not need a key or an invite, for it already belonged. It walked in, shook my foundation and set...

1953, Tehran. Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the local stationery shop run by Mr. Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles,...

1950s Tehran. In an alleyway an abandoned baby cries into the night, attracting the attention of the young man who will save her. And so begins the story of Aria,...

A sweeping, multigenerational epic, this stunning debut heralds the arrival of a unique new literary voice. As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great...