Novel follows 5 lives changed forever by Iran Islamic revolution
In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward. However, the narrative is less concerned with major events or key figures of the revolution than with the lives irrevocably changed by it. This is the story of voices that, without the power of fiction, would have gone unheard.
- ▪In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward.
- ▪However, the narrative is less concerned with major events or key figures of the revolution than with the lives irrevocably changed by it.
- ▪This is the story of voices that, without the power of fiction, would have gone unheard.
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| Canonical URL | https://asiatimes.com/2026/07/novel-follows-5-lives-changed-forever-by-iran-islamic-revolution/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:41:43 +0000 |
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In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward. However, the narrative is less concerned with major events or key figures of the revolution than with the lives irrevocably changed by it. This is the story of voices that, without the power of fiction, would have gone unheard. Review: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar, translated by Ruth Martin (Scribe) The polyphonic (or multi-voiced) novel consists of four chapters and a prologue, following five members of one family after the revolution. Every chapter is separated from the next by a decade, while the prologue promises a free Iran, in an unknown – but not too distant – future.
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