Sahar Delijani
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- Syntymäaika
- 1983
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Iran (birth)
USA (passport) - Syntymäpaikka
- Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran
- Asuinpaikat
- Turin, Italy
- Koulutus
- University of California, Berkeley (BA|Comparative Literature)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison in 1983. She grew up in California and graduated from UC Berkeley. She lives in Turin, Italy with her husband.
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Set in Iran, this book looks at the lives of the children of prisoners. It examines the pain and grief experienced in the extreme regime between 1983 and 2011.
This book had so much potential. I felt a connection with Azar in the first chapter as the author seemed to focus on building her up. After that... After that I got a little lost. The book went downhill after the first chapter. There are just too many characters and things happening. Sure, there are some beautiful parts and the writing isn't bad, but overall I just struggled to get into the book as much for the rest. The pain of the characters is there, but I couldn't connect with them in the same way. I don't know, the other characters felt a little flat and underdeveloped. Maybe it's just because if how many there are and how quickly they're introduced though. This might have worked better as a series of short stories. They already are so close to being one, but they are all loosely connected by a fine, very tangled, thread.
I did consider giving this book three stars, but I don't think it's quite there. And looking at comments some others have made, the book dramatically underplayed the conditions in the prison (the part of the story that managed to draw me in and I connected with most as a result). While this is fiction, it disappoints me a bit and convinced me to go with a slightly lower rating (one I was already considering anyway).… (lisätietoja)