The Gardens of Consolation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609453503)

A novel of love, family, and a fight for freedom in Iran featuring a "formidable and hard-to-forget heroine" (Publishers Weekly).

In the early 1920s, in the remote Persian village of Ghamsar, two young people dreaming of a better life fall in love and marry. Sardar brings his bride, Talla, with him across the mountains to the suburbs of Tehran, where the couple settles down and builds a home. From the outskirts of the capital city, they will watch as the Qajar dynasty falls and Reza Khan rises to power as Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Into this family of illiterate shepherds is born Bahram, a boy whose brilliance and intellectual promise are apparent from a very young age. As he grows older, Bahram will become a fervent follower of reformer Mohammad Mosaddegh and will participate firsthand in his country's political and social upheavals, putting himself in mortal danger, in this prize-winning, "compelling book that] raises important questions about indulgence, gender, community, and the impact of politics on everyday life" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Exquisite . . . the narrative evolves from an intimate chronicle of Talla and Sardar's provincial lives into a sweeping tour through early-20th-century Iran."--The New York Times

Author: Parisa Reza
ISBN-10: 1609453506
ISBN-13: 9781609453503
Publisher: Europa Editions
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 72
Publishers Weekly 10/03/2016
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 28
Shelf Awareness 01/06/2017