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The Stationery Shop of Tehran
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
1953, Tehran.
Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the local stationery shop run by Mr. Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. And when Mr. Fakhri introduces her to his other favorite customer - handsome Bahman, with his burning passion for justice and a shared love for Rumi's poetry - Roya loses her heart at once. But around them, life in Tehran is changing.
On the eve of their marriage, Roya heads to the town square to meet with Bahman. Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future. Bahman never arrives.
Roya must piece her life back together. Her parents, wanting her to be safe, enroll her in college in California, where she meets and marries another man. But, nearly 60 years later, an accident of fate finally brings her the answer she has always wanted to know - Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?
Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel, set in a country poised for democracy but destroyed by political upheaval, explores issues that have never been more timely, of immigration and cultural assimilation, of the quirks of fate. And its ending will break listeners' hearts.
Critic Reviews
"A moving tale of lost love." (The Wall Street Journal)
"Marjan Kamali weaves a powerful, heartbreaking story of star-crossed lovers and Iran's political upheavals...The Stationery Shop of Tehran is at once a layered historical saga of a country struggling toward democracy and an intimate meditation on "a love from which we never recover." (Shelf Awareness)
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-2020
Such a beautiful story
I adored this tale, filled with passion, love, loss, adventure, mystery, longing, compassion and humanity.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-12-2020
A Great Love Story
I loved this book...found it hard to turn it off!
A touching story of a great love that lasted through everything.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-2024
Story of love that stands through test of time but fate gets in the way of the two uniting
The continuous ache felt for the two characters and the thought of, “only if”.
However the book is well written. In the audiobook though, it can become confusing to follow when the chapters shift from one character’s point of view to another.
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- sophiek
- 27-09-2020
Bait was set in the first 30 min...
In the first half hour of the book the bait is hooked, then the rest of the 6 hours you can see the carrot stick dangling in front of you, which makes it very frustrating indeed.
This book is about WEAK MEN, and unfulfilled LOVE in a historical-political background in Iran. It was an intense book and at parts it had me yelling out loud to the main character. It was a frustrating book and not all the characters stories were closed off at the end, what happened to Bahman's mother? How did he and his family end up in the same place as Roya in America? Did he follow her...the author doesn't say.
I enjoyed learning about the Iranian traditions, sayings and food very much.
Performance: Mozhan Marno was very good. I will check out other books she has narrated.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-11-2021
Couldn't stop listening !
Loved it. Captivated and I could clearly visualise every word. Brilliant story in which I laughed and cried... leaving me wanting more books from this author.
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- Sarah
- 27-09-2020
Wonderful
Highly recommend!
A full life tale, rich with the best & worst of the human condition.
Beautifully read, captures your attention from beginning to end.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-2020
Heart rending , uplifting, an important story
Superb characterization, invested emotional interest in these characters good and bad. Mouth watering descriptions of food and customs.
Excellent evocative narration.
Highly recommended
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- L-Ka
- 03-02-2021
Fantastic!
What an incredible book. The story was very well told, the characters were written beautifully, narrator had a perfect voice for this story. Very much enjoyed it and can highly recommend.
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- Peita Ball
- 26-09-2020
A perfectly magical tale
Listen to this work, absorb it, love it as I do. Author and narrator are pure magic
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- Bette M McIntyre
- 03-10-2020
Wonderful!
Such a heartfelt well written story with fully fleshed out characters. The narrator bought it all to life on a way that made me feel right in the middle of it.
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