Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience., I! AM! Obsessed! With! This! Book!.
This book broke my heart again and again., Kamali paints an evocative portrait of 1950s Iran and its political upheaval, and she cleverly writes the heartbreak of Roya and Bahman's romance to mirror the tragic recent history of their country. Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful, THE STATIONERY SHOP explores love's power to transcend time and distance-and the ways fate can tear people apart and bring them back together. Spanning decades and continents, Marjan Kamali's richly imagined novel immerses us in the blossoming love affair between two Iranian teenagers, set against the political upheaval of 1950s Tehran. Until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did he leave? Where did he go? How was he able to forget her? The Stationery Shop is a beautiful and timely exploration of devastating loss, unbreakable family bonds, and the overwhelming power of love. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts-a result of the coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future.
And, as their romance blossoms, the modest little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer-handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi's poetry-she loses her heart at once. She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper. Fakhri's neighborhood book and stationery shop. Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. From the award-winning author of Together Tea -a debut novel hailed as "compassionate, funny, and wise" by Jill Davis, bestselling author of Girls' Poker Night -comes a powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.
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