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Women’s National Book Association
A Great Group Reads 2014
Kansas City Star
One of the Top Books of 2013
Vogue India
One of Ten big reads of 2014
A Traveler’s Library
One of the Ten Best Travel Books of 2013
Kirkus Reviews
Delijani falls back on her family’s personal experience to write this searing and somber slice-of-life novel, centered around children whose parents were singled out for persecution by the Iranian government, and scores a win with her grittiness and uncompromising realism.
The Guardian
This is not an “explaining Iran to those who don’t know it” book, but something far more visceral.
Seattle Times
Brutally honest but lyrical… It is as though Delijani is saying that even in the most miserable situation, we have a store of beauty inside us. All we have to do is look.
The Guardian (Interview)
I had to tell my family’s story of the Iranian executions.
The New Internationalist
Spanning the years 1983 to 2011, Children of the Jacaranda Tree offers a personal and often painful look at post-revolutionary Iranian history, from the height of the Iran-Iraq war to the 2009 election protests and beyond… Evocative and emotive – and highly recommended.
Die Zeit
Kinder des Jacarandabaums ist das Psychogramm einer unfreien Gesellschaft. Delijani hat wenig bekannte Seiten der neuesten iranischen Geschichte überzeugend in Einzel- und Familienschicksale transponiert und Opfern wie Überlebenden eine Stimme gegeben
El País
Delijani ha escrito una notable primera novela, sobre todo gracias a su solvencia en la descripción de escenas, a la habilidad con que maneja los elementos simbólicos y a sus dotes como escudriñadora de almas.
Daily Mail
Delijani skilfully and movingly shows how families were broken by the regime and how the survivors try to piece the shards of their lives back together.
Booklist
Filled with compelling characters and poetic language, this beautiful and poignant novel highlights the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and a people’s passionate dedication to their homeland, despite its many flaws.
Associated Press
The way [Delijani] describes the tensions between young people in love is extraordinary.
Bookreporter
The truths of the book are truths of our own lives. The hope that Delijani offers to us is that the next generation will understand the gifts and sacrifices made for them and go forward.
Abigail Tarttelin
The truths of the book are truths of our own lives. The hope that Delijani offers to us is that the next generation will understand the gifts and sacrifices made for them and go forward.
Emerald Street
The amazing debut Children of the Jacaranda Tree is a family saga at heart but, as it’s set in Iran between 1983 and 2011, the tale is harrowing and at the family are at the mercy of politics and revolution. Sahar Delijani drew on the experiences of her own family and friends, making this debut all the more moving.
Woman & Home
Vivid and poignant reading.
ShelfAwareness.com
Children of the Jacaranda Tree is an enlightening look at–and a reminder of–the individual human element in the larger movements of politics and history. Given its autobiographical roots, Children of the Jacaranda Tree is an especially admirable and brave debut.
Bookpage
Children of the Jacaranda Tree is a beautifully rendered tale that reads almost like a collection of connected short stories, with characters’ perspectives and histories being unveiled as they intersect with one another.
Khaled Hosseini
Set in post-revolutionary Iran, Delijani’s gripping novel is a blistering indictment of tyranny, a poignant tribute to those who bear the scars of it, and a celebration of the human’s heart’s eternal yearning for freedom.
Bustle
A literary triumph…. Incredibly, Delijani manages to convey so much in her gorgeous, gripping debut novel. The result is a striking portrait of Iranian life that is as intimate and magical as the Jacaranda tree itself.
Publisher’s Weekly
While the dissidents undergo random and brutal interrogations, their children are punished daily by the absence of their parents, and fear twists and deforms relationships, making the whole world a prison.
Sahar Delijani @ Leipzig Bookfair – Book Presentation & Talk
Sahar Delijani will be at Leipzig Bookfair for the Book Presentation and a talk.
Sahar Delijani @ Leipzig Bookfair – Moderate Discussion
Sahar Delijani will be at Leipzig Bookfair in a moderate discussion.
Sahar Delijani @ Köln International Bookfair
Sahar Delijani will be at Köln International Bookfair.
Sahar Delijani @ BackFabrik, Berlin
Sahar Delijani will be at BackFabrik, in Berlin.
Sahar Delijani @ Literaturhaus, Munich
Sahar Delijani will be at Literaturhaus, in Munich.
Elle Italia
Il suo romanzo d’esordio è un omaggio poetico a due generazioni de iraniani, i genitori e i figli, che hanno lottato e lottano per la libertà.
Sahar Delijani @ Tübingen
Sahar Delijani will be in Tübingen.
Il Fatto Quotidiano
All’impotenza politica risponde la forza della letteratura.
Publishers Weekly
The novel, which follows a group of Iranians during recent tumultuous events in that country, has been getting strong reads and, according to one insider, the title will likely be a big book of the fair.
La Stampa
Iran, così la rivoluzione ha divorato i suoi figli.
Repubblica
Fuga dall’Iran pensando alla nonna
LeiWeb
Sahar Delijani fa capire con delicatezza e carattere quanto sia importante resistere e non rinunciare alla forza delle idee.
Vijesti
Svi stanovnici zemlje su rođaci sa istim željama, nadama, strahovima
Radio Zamaneh
اتفاقات بعد از انتخابات به نوعی یک واقعیت لمسی به داستانهایی که داشتم مینوشتم داد.از داستانهای دههی ۶۰ تقریبا ۳۰ سال گذشته بود و حالا بچههای آن انقلابیهایی که من داشتم دربارهشان مینوشتم در خیابان علیه همان رژیم تظاهرات میکردند. این یک تصادف تاریخی بود که نمیتوانستم به راحتی ازش بگذرم
The Guardian
A stunning debut set in the wake of the Iranian revolution.
La Stampa
Ha le carte in regola per essere la rivelazione letteraria dell’anno. E non solo in Italia.
Persian BBC
یکی از اتفاقات نمایشگاه کتاب لند ن، مربوط به کتاب «فرزندان درخت جاکراندا» نخستین کتاب سحر دلیجانی، نویسنده ایرانی- آمریکایی بود که انتشاراتی اوریون در بریتانیا در دست انتشار دارد
Sahar Delijani @ Stanford University
Sahar Delijani will be at Stanford University for "My Promised Land".
La Stampa
Children of Jacaranda Tree racconta cinque storie che partono dagli eventi dell’88 ma che si snodano sino alla Rivoluzione Verde del 2009, che ha visto nuovamente milioni di giovani scendere in piazza per mesi e mesi per chiedere la fine del regime dei mullah.
El País
El ‘libro de la feria’ ha sido, sin duda, Children of the Jacaranda Tree, de la iraní Sahar Delijani.
Sahar Delijani @ Molte fedi sotto lo stesso cielo
Sahar Delijani will be at Molte Fedi Sotto lo Stesso Cielo for Dialoghi dello Spirito. Il filo della memoria.
Sahar Delijani @ Il Giardino delle Idee
Sahar Delijani will be at “Il Giardino delle Idee”.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Sahar Delijani will be at Edinburgh International Book Festival. Writer’s Retreat.
Corriere della Sera
Uno dei titoli più contesi in Fiera, Children of Jacaranda Tree, romanzo sui figli delle carceri iraniane, i bambini nati in cella, che narra il passaggio dalla rivoluzione alla dittatura.
Sahar Delijani @ Central Stage
Reading, Talk & Signing with Sahar Delijani.
The event will be conducted in Farsi.
Sahar Delijani @ International Festival of Authors
Sahar Delijani will be at IFOA – International Festival of Authors for a Reading.
Sahar Delijani @ International Festival of Authors
Sahar Delijani will be at IFOA – International Festival of Authors for the Panel Discussion "Front Lines".
Sahar Delijani @ The Vancouver Writers Fest – “All Politics is Personal”
Sahar Delijani will be at The Vancouver Writers Fest for "All Politics is Personal".
Sahar Delijani @ The Vancouver Writers Fest – Grand Openings
Sahar Delijani will be at The Vancouver Writers Fest for "Grand Openings – The Alma Lee Opening Night Event".
Sahar Delijani @ WordFest – “The World As We Know It”
Sahar Delijani will be at WordFest for "The World As We Know It".
Sahar Delijani @ WordFest – Thursday Night Showcase
Sahar Delijani will be at WordFest for the "Thursday Night Showcase".