All these daily dramas are played out under the watchful eyes of the storks that nest on the minarets above.īut this family will experience upheaval unknown to previous generations. Meanwhile, Shahbal longs only to get hold of a television to watch the first moon landing.
Sadiq is waiting for a suitor to knock at the door to ask for her hand, while her two grandmothers sweep the floors each morning dreaming of travelling to Mecca. The house itself teems with life, as each of their families grows up with their own triumphs and tragedies.
Now it is occupied by three cousins: Aqa Jaan, a merchant and head of the city's bazaar Alsaberi, the imam of the mosque and Aqa Shoja, the mosque's muezzin. In the house of the mosque, the family of Aqa Jaan has lived for eight centuries.
A sweeping, compelling story which brings to life the Iranian Revolution, from an author who experienced it first-hand.
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