The House of the Mosque

Name: The House of the Mosque
Brand: Canongate Books
SKU: 9781847672414
Price: 14.44 EUR
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English

By (author): Kader Abdolah

Translated by: Susan Massotty

Welcome to the house of the mosque . . .

Iran, 1950. Spring has arrived, and as the women prepare the festivities, Sadiq waits for a suitor to knock on the door. Her uncle Nosrat returns from Tehran with a glamorous woman, while on the rooftop, Shahbal longs only for a television to watch the first moon landing. But not even the beloved grandmothers can foresee what will happen in the days and months to come. The household is set to experience great love and loss as it opens the doors to faith and politics.

In this uplifting bestseller, Kader Abdolah charts the triumphs and tragedies of a family on the brink of revolution.

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Product Details

Weight: 297g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 13 Jan 2011
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781847672414

About Kader Abdolah

Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988 at the invitation of the United Nations he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah now writes in Dutch and is the author of several novels including My Father's Notebook (also published by Canongate) and two collections of short stories as well as works of non-fiction.