Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 045122681X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-451-22681-5 |
No of pages | 348 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Penguin USA |
Published Date | 05 May 2009 |
Mahbod Seraji was born in Iran in 1956 and came to the US in May of 1976. He received his BS in Civil Engineering, MA in Broadcasting and Film, and Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Iowa.
Rooftops of Tehran was an Indie Next Notable in June, picked in the Outstanding Debut Category for Fall 2009-Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association, and was selected for the University of Villanova's One Book Program,
and Broward College's writes of Spring 2010. Mahmood lives in the San Francisco Bay area where he's finishing his second book.
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From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and coming of age in an Iran headed toward revolution. In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally vivid novel, Mahmood Serani lays bare the beauty and brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming the human experiences we all share.
In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man.
But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice...