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The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
- Author
- Shida Bazyar
- Narrator
- Anoushka Rava, Dana Haqjoo
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 14 August 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
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 story about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
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Details
- Author
- Shida Bazyar
- Narrator
- Anoushka Rava, Dana Haqjoo
- Duration
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781004209507
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Politics, Fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
A captivating, polyphonic tale 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 story about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
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