SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran.
1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid.
1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.
1999. Laleh returns to Iran with her mother, Nahid. Between beauty rituals and family secrets, she gets to know a Tehran that hardly matches her childhood memories.
2009. Laleh's brother Mo is more concerned with a friend's heartbreak than with student demonstrations in Germany. But then the Green Revolution breaks out in Iran and turns the world upside down …
A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
| ISBN: | 9781917189095 |
| Publication date: | 19th June 2025 |
| Author: | Shida Bazyar |
| Publisher: | Scribe UK an imprint of Scribe Publications Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Primary Genre | Family Drama |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran. 1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion.
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran features in the following genres: Family Drama, Fiction in translation, Sagas, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran was written by Shida Bazyar and published by Scribe UK an imprint of Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran has 272 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
