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The House of the Mosque
Kader Abdolah
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Description for The House of the Mosque
Paperback. A sweeping, compelling story which brings to life the Iranian Revolution, from an author who experienced it first-hand Translator(s): Massotty, Susan. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Welcome to the house of the mosque . . .
Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, while on the rooftop, Shahbal longs only for a television to watch the first moon landing. But not even the beloved grandmothers can foresee what will happen in the days and months to come. The household is set to experience great love and loss as it opens the doors to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847672414
SKU
V9781847672414
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Ref
99-99
About Kader Abdolah
Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and ... Read more
Reviews for The House of the Mosque
Beautifully written and fiercely readable
Daily Mail
Abdolah's is a powerful voice
The Times Saturday Review
Enchanting...Abdolah's juxtapositions - the spiritual and the earthly, myth and reality - give the story a powerful irony.
Independent
[Kader Abdolah] tells this story straight from ... Read more
Daily Mail
Abdolah's is a powerful voice
The Times Saturday Review
Enchanting...Abdolah's juxtapositions - the spiritual and the earthly, myth and reality - give the story a powerful irony.
Independent
[Kader Abdolah] tells this story straight from ... Read more