The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree: SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020 (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
272
Utgivningsdatum
2021-03-11
Utmärkelser
Short-listed for Stella Prize 2018 (Australia); Short-listed for Queensland University Fiction Award 2018 (Australia)
Förlag
Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Översättare
Anonymous
Dimensioner
198 x 129 x 132 mm
Vikt
184 g
ISBN
9781787703100

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree: SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020* *LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020* If ever there was a book that needs to be read more than once, this is it.ArtsHub A book that keeps on giving.Bronas Books Extraordinary.The Irish Times Compelling, delightful and powerful.Davids Book World A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a small village, hoping in this way to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land and its people. Bahars mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree speaks of the power of imagination when confronted with cruelty, and of our human need to make sense of trauma through the ritual of storytelling itself. Through her unforgettable characters, Azar weaves a timely and timeless story that juxtaposes the beauty of an ancient, vibrant culture with the brutality of an oppressive political regime. "Not only richly imaginative but also emotionally powerful." - 1st Reading's Blog Her novel ... embodies Iranian life in a state of constant oscillation, bringing into play opposing poles like life and death, religion and politics ... to evoke the extent of damage by an oppressive political regime. - The Indian Express
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    LONGLISTED for the 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated LiteratureFINALIST for the 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE From the pen of one of Iran's rising literary stars, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree is a family story about the unbreaka...

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A fiercely clever book. * The New Statesman * 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 lives created within this novel and the conditions to which they must adapt, lead to extraordinary scenes. * The Irish Times * A sumptuous meditation on the practice of interpretation. * Asymptote Journal * A mesmerizing and richly textured novel about Iranian history post Islamic Revolution. A sublime tale about how a nations past defines its national and personal narratives, written by one of Irans rising literary talents. * BookRiot * If ever there was a book that needs to be read more than once, this is it. * ArtsHub * [Azars] book is a great journey. It moves places and it moves us as readers, in an emotional and intellectual sense. * The Los Angeles Review of Books * The plot is intricatethe writing is ravishing: shimmeringly poeticso mesmerizing is the storytelling. * The Weekend Australian * Azar delves deep into the mythological spirit realm and pre-Islamic Zoroastrian religion of ancient Persia . . . [taking] us into breathtaking worlds of imagination and allegory . . . Astonishing. * Backstory *

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Shokoofeh Azar moved to Australia as a political refugee in 2011. She is the author of essays, articles, and childrens books, and is the first Iranian woman to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, originally written in Farsi, was shortlisted for Australias Stella Prize for Fiction and is her first novel to be translated into English.