--- product_id: 14653673 title: "The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel" brand: "dalia sofer" price: "€ 22.14" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/14653673-the-septembers-of-shiraz-a-novel store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel **Brand:** dalia sofer **Price:** € 22.14 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel by dalia sofer - **How much does it cost?** € 22.14 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/14653673-the-septembers-of-shiraz-a-novel) ## Best For - dalia sofer enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted dalia sofer brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel (P.S.) ## Images ![The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EKSHXH1kL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ On the Continuum of Fiction and Memoir *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2018* The Septembers of Shiraz exists somewhere on the continuum of fiction and memoir. It is a story, told in sharp focus realism, of a family in Iran at the time of the Revolution, swept up in the reign of terror: a father tortured in a secret political prison, a mother desperate for answers, a son studying abroad depressed and cut adrift, a ten year old daughter ostracized and suspected by her friends, a long time household servant with divided loyalties. Author Dalia Sofer was herself ten years old when she escaped from Iran with her family.The Septembers of Shiraz was the 2018 annual selection of the One Bay One Book program of the Jewish Community Library. (San Franciscans, look it up!) I had the privilege of meeting the author and hearing her interviewed as part of the program. Sofer said that it was wrong to read The Septembers of Shiraz as a story of Jewish persecution in revolutionary Iran. She filled her fictional political prison with all kinds of enemies of the regime: Marxists, intellectuals, non-political family members of enemies, and former revolutionaries who somehow crossed a line. Sofer took pains to say that while the Islamic Republic continues today, the reign of terror is over. And yet, when asked if she wanted to visit her homeland, she made it clear that it would not be safe for her to do so because of her book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Knockout of a Debut *by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016* It’s always difficult to tell how much of a novel inspired by the author’s personal experience is purely creative and how much is really nonfiction. Dalia Sofer’s debut is clearly autobiographical since she and her family fled the totalitarian nightmare of Iran when she was a little girl. Yet unlike most memoir this novel is very creatively written, as in: “And when the questions would not stop, Farnaz (the mother) told her (her little girl) to keep quiet and go to bed. The questions stopped, leaving in their place a muddy silence.” Or this: “To enter their apartment would be like relegating himself to a ghetto, where the memories of all the wrongs committed against Jews simmer year after year in bulky, indigestible stews.” More still: “Throughout the trip he carried in his pocket a metal flask of whiskey, from which apathy, fermented and distilled, tipped into his mouth and filtered through his veins, transforming him into the impassive man that he was.” Maybe it doesn’t really matter what makes the novel superlative, the author’s fascinating real life story or her creative writing craft. Possibly it’s both.Outstanding literary fiction with a political backbone is hellishly difficult to find in a modern market accustomed to more formulaic fare. Until Ms. Sofer the niche was comprised entirely of Khaled Hosseini’s three books. Books like these come to market through the vision of acquisition editors at major publishing houses. In Hosseini’s case that would be Sarah McGrath at Riverside, and in Ms. Sofer’s case it is Lee Boudreaux at Ecco. Ms. Sofer and Lee Boudreaux should be praised in the same breath. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Lyrical writing but depressing *by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018* This book is beautifully written and an interesting story, but every time I put it down I had a hard time picking it up again. I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about the Iranian revolution, but the torture and terror these people endured was really hard for me to read. 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