Mahbod Seraji
Paperback | Pages: 348 pages Rating: 4.05 | 6837 Users | 902 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Rooftops of Tehran |
| ISBN: | 045122681X (ISBN13: 9780451226815) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.rooftopsoftehran.com/ |
| Characters: | Pasha Shahed, Zari, Ahmed, Faheemeh |
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From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and coming of age in an Iran headed toward revolution.
In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally vivid novel, Mahbod Seraji lays bare the beauty and brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming the human experiences we all share.
In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice...
In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally vivid novel, Mahbod Seraji lays bare the beauty and brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming the human experiences we all share.
In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice...
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| Title | : | Rooftops of Tehran |
| Author | : | Mahbod Seraji |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 348 pages |
| Published | : | 2009 by NAL |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Iran. Romance |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 6837 Users | 902 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books Rooftops of Tehran
I loved and enjoyed reading this book tremendously. It will make you laugh and at the same time it will break your heart. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone who appreciates captivating literature. I hope that Mahbod will continue Pasha's story in a future novel and I know that you will too after reading this book.Loving is a laborious and complex business. : 2.4/5 I picked up this book thinking it will be the same as all those books set in middle eastern backdrop, and it will be more focused upon the culture and their people but it is a plain, humdrum love story which has nothing great to offer from a reader's perspective. This book is set in 1970's Iran, where a teenage guy falls in love with his mentor's girlfriend, who is elder to him as well, at first he tries to ward off his feelings for her but
Rooftops of Tehran started out to be promising and tragic, but ended flat and disappointing. I loved the beginning of the book and immediately felt immersed in Iranian life. I feel like the characteristics of each character were exaggerated to an extreme degree, but it worked for this book. I've also never come across a novel that deals with the oppression and fear of pre-revolution Iran during the Shah's reign (as opposed to the many that talk about post-revolution Iran and Khomeini). It was
This is a beautiful novel, with sensitively drawn characters in a volatile and violent period of Iran, from 1973 to 1974 during the reign of the Shah of Iran. At the heart of this novel is a love story, but there's much more. The sustaining nature of intimate friendships and family relationships, and the sacrifices that the characters make for each other are poetically and movingly portrayed. At a time when U.S. foreign policy with Iran weighs heavily, this novel provides a personal and valuable
I've read three books recently : first Mother by Gorky, then Animal Farm and now this ; all set against a backdrop of capitalism,marxism & socialism ; all emphasizing one thing : if citizens are not politically aware and outspoken,they'll be exploited by those in power.This book was a strong portrayal of fear and helplessness in face of Shah's dictatorship in Iran in 1973-74.I liked the cultural comparisons between Iranians and Americans : Iranians are masters of subtle communication,they
This book is very close to my heart
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