The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of our Kitchen by Shokoofeh Azar

The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of our Kitchen by Shokoofeh AzarSpanning 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

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If you do not attend to his pleasure

The River takes the reader on a journey of what their eyes can see and their ears can hear

While they don't have very much

They live on in our nation's history - and their story remains immediate and compelling

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and a young woman found sitting in her kitchen next to the body of her husband

Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences

Now she inspires us yet again with her moral clarity

But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious