The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

Bahar's family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for life in a small village, hoping to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land. Bahar's mother embarks on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020

Summary

A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead

Product details

• Authors: Shokoofeh Azar
• Assisted by: Anonymous (Translation)
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2021
• EAN: 9781787703100
• ISBN: 978-1-78770-310-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 15 mm x 195 mm
• Weight: 186 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Magical Realism, Magical Realism