Description: "Set in Central Asia, this novel parallels the Islamic Revolution in Iran through the story of a once-affluent aristocratic family and their majestic house"--
Brief description: Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947-1996) was an Iranian poet, novelist, and short story writer. The House of the Edrisis was awarded a prize for the best novel of "Twenty Years of Fiction Writing" by Iran's Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance in 1999. Her short stories include "The Crossroad," "After Summer," and "The In-transitory Journal."
Review Quotes: Alizadeh's epic novel does what only fiction can do: it tells the story of a nation and its people by way of a fractured family and their ancestral estate. . . . The House of the Edrisis will resonate with readers across the globe as history so often repeats itself.-- "Rabeah Ghaffari, author of To Keep the Sun Alive"