Shida Bazyar’s novel, shortlisted for the International Booker, revives the voices of Iranians silenced by forces beyond their power and control.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities, Adelaide University
These 5 books explore Iran’s Islamic Revolution through religion, politics, mythology and personal experience – and take you inside its prisons.
The dire social and political landscape of Sadeq Hedayat’s time contributed to the existential despair and pessimism of his writing.
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