Hachette India

The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen

Shokoofeh Azar

Key selling points

• Author is International Booker Prize-finalist and was longlisted for the National Book Award and PEN America Literary Award

• Twelve lost children. Fifty years of history. One unforgettable family saga

• A powerful exploration of Iranian identity, from the Shah's reign to the Islamic Republic

Target readership

• For readers of Alexis Wright, Lucy Ellman, Aliyeh Ataei, Eimear McBride, Azar Nafisi, Mathias Énard, Eleanor Catton

• For fans of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali, The Gardens of Consolation by Parisa Reza and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Shokoofeh Azar

Born in Iran in 1972, Shokoofeh Azar was the first Iranian woman to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road. She worked as a journalist and field reporter in Iran, covering human rights issues. After several arrests in connection with her work as a journalist, on advice from her family she fled Iran in 2010 and was granted asylum in Australia, where she has lived as a political refugee since 2011. Her first novel,?The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, was shortlisted for the Stella Prize for Fiction and the International Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the PEN America Award and the National Book Award for Translated Literature.

The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen

Shokoofeh Azar

Shokoofeh Azar

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