The enlightenment of the greengage tree

ISBN: 9781609455651 (paperback)
Physical Description: print regular print 245 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York : Europa Editions, 2020.
Copyright: &copy;2017.

Summary: 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. Bahar's mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning in a world swept up in the post-revolutionary madness.