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The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of our Kitchen

From International Booker Prize finalist Shokoofeh Azar, a stylistically audacious and emotionally powerful novel about one large, complicated family and a passionate love affair.

Spanning fifty years in the history of modern Iran, this lush, layered story embraces politics and family, revolution and reconstruction, loss and love, as it recounts the colourful destinies of twelve children who get lost one long-ago night inside a mysterious palace.

In Azar's new novel, each lost child's story unfolds against the backdrop of immense cultural and political transformation; lovers must survive war, revolution, and rigid social strictures to keep their love alive; family bonds are tested, especially those indissoluble connections between the living and the dead. The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen is also the moving story of one family's efforts to preserve the richness of Iranian culture in the face of Islamic hegemony following the 1979 revolution.

'A Farsi Isabel Allende.' - The Guardian

'It takes a special writer - and Azar is one such - to avoid faltering when the harshest experiences are interlaced with scenes of fantastical interventions in the routine experiences of the characters.' - The Irish Times

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Book Publication Date: | Book Publication Year: 2,025 | Book Binding: Paperback | Book Language: en | Book Authors:
  • Shokoofeh Azar
| Book Pages: 528 | Book Publisher: Europa Editions
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