The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Persian: اشراق درخت گوجه سبز) is a novel written by Shokoofeh Azar,[1] an Iranian writer living in Australia.[2] This novel in the style of magical realism is the narrative of a thirteen-year-old girl named Bahar from an Iranian family of five and residents of the village of Razan after the Iranian Revolution.[3][4][5]
Reception
According to Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on six critic reviews with two being "rave" and two being "positive" and two being "mixed".[6][7]
Awards
- Longlisted for the 2021 PEN Translation Prize[8]
- Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature[9]
- Finalist for the 2020 International Booker Prize[10]
References
External links
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