![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. And its ending will break readers' hearts. Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel, set in a country poised for democracy but destroyed by political upheaval, explores issues that have never been more timely, of immigration and cultural assimilation, of the quirks of fate. But, nearly sixty years later, an accident of fate finally brings her the answer she has always wanted to know - Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me? Her parents, wanting her to be safe, enroll her in college in California, where she meets and marries another man. Spanning decades and continents, Marjan Kamalis richly imagined novel immerses us in the blossoming love affair between two Iranian teenagers, set against the political upheaval of 1950s Tehran. Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future. On the eve of their marriage, Roya heads to the town square to meet with Bahman. But around them, life in Tehran is changing. ![]() ![]() Fakhri introduces her to his other favorite customer - handsome Bahman, with his burning passion for justice and a shared love for Rumi's poetry - Roya loses her heart at once. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the local stationery shop run by Mr. ![]()
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