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    The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
    The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
    The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

    Written by Shokoofeh Azar

    Narrated by Priya Ayyar

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    Told from the gaze of a young girl, this novel speaks of the power of imagination when confronted with cruelty and of our need to make sense of trauma through storytelling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJan 14, 2020
    ISBN9781666565614
    Author

    Shokoofeh Azar

    Shokoofeh Azar is an author of essays, articles, children's books, and novels as well as the first Iranian woman to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road. Her first novel, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, was shortlisted for Australia's Stella Prize for Fiction and is her first novel to be translated into English. She moved to Australia as a political refugee in 2011.

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    • 5/5
      Poetisch, traurig; toll gelesen!
      Wie ein Traum ûber eine schlechte Welt- aber voller Liebe!
      Für alle die wissen möchten wie es sich in Mullah Diktaturen leben lässt/falls überhaupt möglich.