The Persians
Mahloudji, Sanam, 1977-2025
Book
Meet the women of the Valiat family. In Iran, they were somebodies. In America, they're nobodies. First there is Elizabeth, the regal matriarch with the famously large nose, who remained in Tehran despite the revolution. She lives alone in a shabby apartment except when she is visited by Niaz, her young, Islamic-law-breaking granddaughter, who takes her partying with a side of purpose, and somehow manages to survive. Across the ocean in America, Elizabeth's daughters have built new lives for themselves. When an annual vacation in Aspen goes wildly awry and Shirin ends up being bailed out of jail by Bita, the family's brittle upper class veneer is cracked wide open. Soon, Shirin must embark upon a grand quest to restore the family name to its former glory. But what does that mean in a country where the Valiats never even mattered? Can they bring their old inheritance into a new tomorrow together? Spanning from 1940s Iran into a splintered 2000s, these five women are pulled apart and brought together by revolutions personal and political.
Main title:
The Persians / Sanam Mahloudji.
Author:
Mahloudji, Sanam, 1977-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
371 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780008589059 (paperback)9780008589042 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.92F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2724741