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About The Book
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If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran
1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time.
Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met.
But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing.
Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own.
Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers and unforgettable ending.
If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran
1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time.
Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met.
But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing.
Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own.
Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers and unforgettable ending.
About The Author
Photograph by David E. Lawrence
Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and New York University. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award. She is the author of The Lion Women of Tehran, The Stationery Shop, and Together Tea. Marjan lives with her husband in the Boston area. They have two children.
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Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK (November 28, 2019)
- Runtime: 9 hours and 13 minutes
- ISBN13: 9781471185038
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Raves and Reviews
'Travel back in time to the dusty streets of Tehran to meet two star-crossed lovers separated by the turbulent politics of the days when the Shah ruled supreme. An enchanting romance’
– My Weekly
‘Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience’
– Booklist
‘Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful… This book broke my heart again and again’
– Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light
‘What a pleasure — a novel that is all at once masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by characters who are arresting, lovable and so real’
– Elinor Lipman, author of Turpentine Lane
‘A beautiful and sensitive novel that I loved from the first page’
– Alyson Richman, international bestselling author of The Lost Wife
‘A beautifully immersive tale … brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating characters who once called it home’
– Jasmin Darznik, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Daughter and Song of a Captive Bird
‘A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love’
– KIRKUS REVIEWS
‘The unfurling stories… will stun readers… For those who enjoy getting caught up in romance while discovering unfamiliar history of another country’
– LIBRARY JOURNAL
‘Grab your tissues'
– Boston Magazine
‘A tender story of enduring love’
– Minneapolis Star Tribune
‘I! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book!’
– Cosmopolitan.com
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