The nights are quiet in Tehran
Bazyar, Shida2025
Book
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran. 1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. 1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. 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. 1999. 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. 2009. 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... A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
Main title:
The nights are quiet in Tehran / Shida Bazyar ; translated by Ruth Martin.
Author:
Bazyar, Shida, authorMartin, Ruth (Translator), translator
Edition:
Australian edition.
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe, 2025.©2025
Collation:
266 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
First published in German as Nachts ist es leise in Teheran by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 2016.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
97817613814169781761381416 (paperback)9781964992105 (paperback)9781917189095 (paperback)
Dewey class:
833.92
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
828606
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 04 Jul 2026 |
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 30 Jun 2026 |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 10 Jul 2026 |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | BAZY | On reserve shelf at City Library |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | BAZY | On reserve shelf at Kathleen Syme Carlton |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026 |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 15 Jul 2026 |
| North Melbourne Library | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 24 Jun 2026 |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | BAZY | On loan - Due: 14 Jul 2026 |