The Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
The Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
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The Septembers of Shiraz

Author: Dalia Sofer

Narrator: Firdous Bamji

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/19/2009


Synopsis

This New York Times Notable Book-a "story that needs to be told" (Library Journal, starred review)-is the critically lauded, best-selling debut from Iranian-born author Dalia Sofer. Wrongly accused of spying after the Iranian Revolution, Isaac Amin is tossed into prison, forcing his wife to desperately search for him. "A remarkable debut . richly evocative, powerfully affecting . as beautiful and delicate as a book about suffering can be."-New York Times Book Review

About Dalia Sofer

Dalia Sofer is the author of the national bestseller The Septembers of Shiraz, which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award, was long-listed for the Orange Prize, and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. It was published in sixteen countries. Sofer has received a Whiting Award, and her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Believer, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. Born in Tehran, Iran, she lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tina on August 29, 2013

I always feel somewhat iffy about novels set in Iran. I'm starting to realize that I -- an Iranian-American who tries to connect to her heritage in a variety of ways -- am not the target audience for these kind of books. These books seem to be written for a different target audience -- the American......more

Goodreads review by Zanna on October 14, 2019

Like most of the literature I've encountered that deals with the Iranian revolution, this novel comes from the perspective of a privileged family. While it rationalises the motives of the people who abuse them, giving those abusers a few chances to express their feelings about the inequality and opp......more

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship on November 22, 2015

This book is both less and more than I expected. From a pure entertainment standpoint, I was disappointed; not so much because of the pacing (which is on the slow side, although the book is a quick read overall), but because I was hoping for a book that read like historical fiction, while this one r......more