The House of the Mosque
(Sprache: Englisch)
Welcome to the house of the mosque . . .
Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, while on the rooftop, Shahbal...
Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, while on the rooftop, Shahbal...
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Welcome to the house of the mosque . . . Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, while on the rooftop, Shahbal longs only for a television to watch the first moon landing. But not even the beloved grandmothers can foresee what will happen in the days and months to come. The household is set to experience great love and loss as it opens the doors to faith and politics.
In this uplifting bestseller, Kader Abdolah charts the triumphs and tragedies of a family on the brink of revolution.
Autoren-Porträt von Kader Abdolah
Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah is the author of several books, including the novels My Father's Notebook, The House of the Mosque and most recently The King which has been longlisted for the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award. He has received several awards, including the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres decoration in 2008.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Kader Abdolah
- 2011, Main, 448 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Susan Massotty
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- ISBN-10: 1847672418
- ISBN-13: 9781847672414
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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