The girl from Tehran

Author: Kamali, Marjan

Number of pages: 346

Release date: 2023-02-22

Details: a scorching August afternoon when Roya has an appointment in a square in Tehran with Bahman. They met in a bookstore, and she immediately fell in love with that boy passionate about poetry who wants to change the world. They want to get married that day, hidden from his family, hostile to their union. But that's also the day Roya discovers how bad history can do when it has different plans than yours. Hours go by, and Bahman does not arrive in that square. Instead, the girl finds herself in the midst of a violent riot. A coup d'état, I'll find out later. Panicked, she sees buildings in flames and men shot to death before her eyes, while she narrowly escapes to safety. He doesn't know why the boy didn't show up, if he changed his mind, if he was imprisoned or even killed because of his views. The one who knows that without him her life looks like an endless sequence of empty days. Many years later, in America, where her father sent her to keep her safe and where she rebuilt her life, an accident of fate forcefully brings back the questions she had to stifle in the depths of her soul: Why did you disappear? Where did you go? How could you forget me? What emerges is a shocking truth that will make her reel and face the stubborn power of love.

Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches

Languages: Italian