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Cover artist
  
Allison Saltzman

Publisher
  
Harper Perennial

Media type
  
Book

Originally published
  
24 July 2007

Genre
  
Historical Fiction

Published in english
  
2008

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Language
  
English

Published in English
  
2008

Pages
  
340

Author
  
Dalia Sofer

Page count
  
340

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Adaptations
  
Septembers of Shiraz (2015)

Similar
  
Iran books, Fiction books

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The Septembers of Shiraz (2007) is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer.

Contents

It narrates the lives of a well-to-do Iranian family during and after the Iranian revolution which additionally overthrew the Shah and ushered in the Islamic republic. There is also a subplot involving a Hasidic family in New York.

The book's new cover is designed by Claire Vaccaro.

Awards and honors

  • 2007 New York Times Notable Book of the Year
  • 2007 National Jewish Book Award, finalist
  • 2008 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, winner
  • 2008 Orange Prize, longlist
  • 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, longlist
  • 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Choice Award, winner
  • References

    The Septembers of Shiraz Wikipedia