Full name: Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel

Author: Mahbod Seraji Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, Romance Culture: Iran Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780451226815

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... Similar books: To Keep the Sun Alive by Rabeah Ghaffari The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer A Persian Requiem by Simin Daneshvar In the Walled Gardens by Anahita Firouz Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri Caspian Rain by Gina B. Nahai Touba and the Meaning of Night by Shahrnush Parsipur Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani Whirlwind by James Clavell My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad Cambridge by Susanna Kaysen The Secret Wife by Gill Paul From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert