{"product_id":"the-nights-are-quiet-in-tehran","title":"The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran. \u003cstrong\u003e1979.\u003c\/strong\u003e Behzad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion — and finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. \u003cstrong\u003e1989.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behzad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1999.\u003c\/strong\u003e Laleh returns to Iran with her mother, Nahid. Between beauty rituals and family secrets, she gets to know a Tehran that hardly matches her childhood memories. \u003cstrong\u003e2009.\u003c\/strong\u003e Laleh's brother Mo is more concerned with a friend's heartbreak than with student demonstrations in Germany — but then the Green Revolution breaks out in Iran and turns the world upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom — perfect for readers of translated fiction, Iranian and diaspora literature, and award-winning literary novels of family and exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shida Bazyar | \u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ruth Martin | \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribe Publications | \u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781917189095\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51696537764056,"sku":"9781917189095","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/TheNightsAreQuietInTehran_Shortlist_AU_UK.jpg?v=1779145237","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-nights-are-quiet-in-tehran","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}