"Ironic, beautifully written, brutal and ugly, Khadivi's ambitious debut novel follows a Kurdish boy, Reza, who is tragically and violently conscripted into the shah's army after his own people are slaughtered in battle. Channeling fear and hate into brutal acts against the Kurds, Reza makes a quick climb up the military career ladder and, as overseer of his own people, he promotes Kurdish assimilation and the budding nation of Iran while mercilessly silencing voices of Kurdish independence. This difficult but powerful novel, the first of a trilogy, introduces a writer with a strong, unflinching voice and a penetrating vision." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran, but fled with her family to the United States in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution. Her projected trilogy will trace three generations of a Kurdish family based loosely on her own as they make their way to the United States and undergo the profound transformations of the immigrant experience.
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