Shokoofeh Azar

Spanning fifty years in the history of modern Iran, this lush, layered story embraces politics and family, revolution and reconstruction, loss and love, as it recounts the colourful destinies of twelve children who get lost one long-ago night inside a mysterious palace. In Azar's new novel, each lost child's story unfolds against the backdrop of immense cultural and political transformation;...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2020 A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead. Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life...