Friday, February 28, 2014

Beginning ~ with rifles in the office

The Septembers of Shiraz ~ by Dalia Sofer, 2007, fiction (Iran), 8/10
When Isaac Amin sees two men with rifles walk into his office at half past noon on a warm autumn day in Tehran, his first thought is that he won't be able to join his wife and daughter for lunch, as promised.
Here's a synopsis of the novel: 
"In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy.  Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known.  As Isaac navigates the terrors of prison, and his wife feverishly searches for him, his children struggle with the realization that their family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger."


Gilion at Rose City Reader hosts Book Beginnings on Fridays.  Click here for today's Mister Linky.

1 comment:

Ginnie said...

You've written just enough to get me hooked ! I hope our library has it.