Pomegranate Sky
WINNER OF THE VIRGINIA PRIZE FOR FICTION
Living in post-revolutionary Tehran, Layla refuses to bow to the ayatollahs’ rules, resisting her mother’s relentless attempts to find her a suitable husband. Instead, she embarks on an illicit affair with her art teacher, Keyvan, and they tentatively imagine a future together.
But the sudden death of her uncle, an outspoken journalist, raises many unanswered...
WINNER OF THE VIRGINIA PRIZE FOR FICTION
Living in post-revolutionary Tehran, Layla refuses to bow to the ayatollahs’ rules, resisting her mother’s relentless attempts to find her a suitable husband. Instead, she embarks on an illicit affair with her art teacher, Keyvan, and they tentatively imagine a future together.
But the sudden death of her uncle, an outspoken journalist, raises many unanswered...
