The Immortals of Tehran by Ali Araghi [in Shelf Awareness]
28 Apr, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American, Repost
*STARRED REVIEW Ali Araghi begins his prodigious debut novel with a literal bang: once upon a time in an apple orchard, a returning soldier urges his rifle into his son's hands, forcing the boy to shoot him. The shocking tragedy renders 10-year-old Ahmad mute, and has...