The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran

“The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is an extraordinarily moving novel about revolution, exile, inheritance, and the complicated idea of home. Shida Bazyar traces one Iranian family across generations and geographies (from the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution to life in Germany and what emerges is a portrait of displacement that feels both politically precise and profoundly intimate). What I admired most was its polyphonic structure: each voice carries its own emotional and political understanding of history, and together they create a textured portrait of lives lived between cultures, languages, and identities.” Read more...

The Best Fiction Books: The 2026 International Booker Prize

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