The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026
$25.49
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family’s flight from and return to Iran.
Behzad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid.
Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behzad. With their young chi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761381416 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761381415 |
| Author: | Shida Bazyar |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 136mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Shida Bazyar
Shida Bazyar (Author)
Shida Bazyar, born in 1988, studied writing in Hildesheim, and, in addition to writing, worked in youth education for many years. She is the author of The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran - which has won the Blogger Literary Award, Ulla Hahn Prize, and Uwe Johnson Prize, among others, and has been translated into Dutch, Farsi, French, and Turkish - and Sisters in Arms.
Ruth Martin (Translator)
Ruth Martin studied English literature before gaining a PhD in German. She has been translating fiction and nonfiction books since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth and Hannah Arendt to Volker Weidermann and Shida Bazyar. She has taught translation at the University of Kent and the Bristol Translates summer school, and is a former co-chair of the Society of Authors Translators Association.
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