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A review by bookmadbarlow
The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A story of lost love amidst the Iranian Revolution.
Roya meets Bahman in the Stationery Shop that she visits each week. The fall in love, but then violence and uprising hit Iran and things fall apart. Roya moves to America and tries to forget about Bahman, but his memory just won't fade.
Told in multiple POV and timelines, the story unfolds of how the couple met, of how they fell apart and of later in life.
I admit to not knowing much about the Revolution, but have since been researching online. This was a love story, and a story of loss and of hope.
It was sad and tough to read in places, but I loved spending time finding out about the characters.
Roya meets Bahman in the Stationery Shop that she visits each week. The fall in love, but then violence and uprising hit Iran and things fall apart. Roya moves to America and tries to forget about Bahman, but his memory just won't fade.
Told in multiple POV and timelines, the story unfolds of how the couple met, of how they fell apart and of later in life.
I admit to not knowing much about the Revolution, but have since been researching online. This was a love story, and a story of loss and of hope.
It was sad and tough to read in places, but I loved spending time finding out about the characters.