![]() The story reaches its horrific, chaotic climax as the revolution erupts. The girl will eventually find a new home, and new families. There are two blurbs on the back – one by John Irving, who calls it “a feminist odyssey” and the other from Margaret Atwood, who called it, on Twitter, “A Doctor Zhivago of Iran.” The novel was selected as a Heather’s Pick at Heather Reisman’s Indigo chain, and its on-sale date was moved up two weeks to June 11. Pantheon has acquired it for the United States. The book has sparked bidding wars among publishers in Europe, with rights sold for translation into several languages. ![]() The novel, which began its life while Hozar was an MFA student in the creative-writing program at the University of British Columbia, has launched into the world this month with some serious cred. This political bedlam, and the years-long buildup leading to it, is the setting for Hozar’s debut book, Aria. ![]() This massive upheaval was followed the next year by Iraq’s invasion of Iran, sparking a long and brutal war. ![]() ![]() She began her life in Tehran in April, 1978: The revolution was brewing and, 10 months into her life, it would erupt, deposing the Shah and bringing in religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini – one dictator replacing another. Iranian-Canadian author Nazanine Hozar was born into chaos. ![]()
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