The Age of Orphans - Hardcover

Khadivi, Laleh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596916168 ISBN 13: 9781596916166

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2009

Synopsis

His innocence shattered when his parents are massacred by the soldiers of Iran's new shah, a young boy is taken in by the same army that killed his family, hides the truth about his Kurdish origins, and is instructed to kill his own people when he is deployed to his native Zagros Mountains.

About this title

Review:

'This is a stunning debut unflinching, gorgeously poetic, intimate yet with a wondrous sweep of history. To read the tale of Reza Khourdi is to take a journey deep inside the darkest cavity of the heart' Cristina Garcia, author of National Book Award finalist Dreaming in Cuban 'Laleh Khadivi is genuinely gifted and ruthless with that gift. We are all so fortunate that she is, for it takes both talent and ruthlessness to delve this deeply into an epic life' Dorothy Allison, author of National Book Award finalist Bastard Out of Carolina 'The Age of Orphans is an arresting, powerful, transformative, unflinching, epic and deeply affecting novel. I cannot recommend it enough. A major voice to watch' Chris Abani, author of Graceland and The Virgin of Flames 'Beautifully written This difficult but powerful novel, the first of a trilogy, introduces a writer with a strong, unflinching voice and a penetrating vision' Publishers' Weekly

About the Author:

Laleh Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran, in 1977, but fled with her family to the U nited States in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution.The Age of Orphans is the first novel in a projected trilogy that will trace three generations of a Kurdish family--based loosely on her own--as they make their way to the United States and undergo the profound transformations of the immigrant experience.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596916168
• ISBN 13: 9781596916166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224