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Maktabatna al-Saghir fi Tehran مكتبتنا الصغير في طهران

By: Kamali, Marjan مرجان كمالي
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Language: Arabic

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Translated to Arabic, «The Stationary Shop», a novel by Award -winning Iranian-American author Marjan Kamali.

Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood book and stationery shop. She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper.

When Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—she loses her heart at once. And, as their romance blossoms, the modest little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.

A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again.

Until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did he leave? Where did he go? How was he able to forget her?

The Stationery Shop is a beautiful and timely exploration of devastating loss, unbreakable family bonds, and the overwhelming power of love.

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Product Details
By:Kamali, Marjan مرجان كمالي
Language:Arabic
Format:Softcover
Pages: 381 pp
Publisher:Markaz al-Thaqafi al-Arabi, Beirut, 2022 Arabic Editiion
Dimensions:14 x 21 cm
ISBN-13:9789920657419
Topic:Literature - Novel - Love - US - Iran

Maktabatna al-Saghir fi Tehran  مكتبتنا الصغير في طهران
US$21.00

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