The age of orphans.
by
 
Khadivi, Laleh.

Title
: 
The age of orphans.

Author
: 
Khadivi, Laleh.

ISBN
: 
9781408802465
 
9781408802304

Personal Author
: 
Khadivi, Laleh.

Publication Information
: 
Bloomsbury, 2009.

Physical Description
: 
292 pages ; 22 cm

Contents
: 
Southern Zagros Mountains, Courdestan, 1921 -- Nehavand barracks and the town of Saqqez, Persia, soon to be Iran, 1929 -- Tehran, Iran, 1938 -- Kermanshah, Iran, 1940-1969 -- The dirges of Old man Khourdi, Taqibustan, 1979.

Abstract
: 
The Age of Orphans is the first novel in a projected trilogy that will trace three generations of a Kurdish family as they make their way to the United States and undergo the profound transformations of the immigrant experience.

Subject Term
: 
Kurds -- Iran -- Fiction.
 
Orphans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Iran -- History -- Fiction.


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