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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.

This is not an “explaining Iran to those who don’t know it” book, but something far more visceral.

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.

I had to tell my family’s story of the Iranian executions.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The way [Delijani] describes the tensions between young people in love is extraordinary.

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.

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.

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.

Vivid and poignant reading.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All’impotenza politica risponde la forza della letteratura.

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.

Iran, così la rivoluzione ha divorato i suoi figli.

Fuga dall’Iran pensando alla nonna

Sahar Delijani fa capire con delicatezza e carattere quanto sia importante resistere e non rinunciare alla forza delle idee.

Svi stanovnici zemlje su rođaci sa istim željama, nadama, strahovima

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

A stunning debut set in the wake of the Iranian revolution.

Ha le carte in regola per essere la rivelazione letteraria dell’anno. E non solo in Italia.

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

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 ‘libro de la feria’ ha sido, sin duda, Children of the Jacaranda Tree, de la iraní Sahar Delijani.

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.