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Recommended magical realism books (1)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into magical realism here are some magical realism books from Iran for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar EN

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Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
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An extraordinarily powerful and evocative literary novel set in Iran in the period immediately after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Using the lyrical magic realism style of classical Persian storytelling, Azar draws the reader deep into the heart of a family caught in the maelstrom of post-revolutionary chaos and brutality that sweeps across an ancient land and its people. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree is really an embodiment of Iranian life in constant oscillation, struggle, and play between four opposing poles: life and death; politics and religion. The sorrow residing in the dept... continue