Fakhri becomes a secret go-between for Roya and Bahman, who are worried about keeping their relationship hidden from their parents. In an era before cell phones or social media Mr. Fakhri distribute pro-democratic political pamphlets.
One day, she meets Bahman, a rebellious aspiring journalist who visits the shop to help Mr.
Here, Roya browses books and dreams about her future. The main character, Roya, is a high school student in Tehran who spends most of her afternoons at Mr. Readers discover an emotional journey that resonates with love, loss, time, and memory. Reckoning with a traumatic past, Kamali has written a thoughtful novel that doubles as a multi-generational love story and a realistic depiction of Iranian-American immigrant experience the work is a welcome addition to the canon of literature written by Iranian diaspora authors. Marjan Kamali's The Stationery Shop swept me completely into the alluring but dangerous world of Tehran, Iran, circa 1953, the year the nation's democracy underwent a violent U.S.-backed coup d'état. My favorite literature creates worlds that I cannot visit in person. Set against the political turmoil of 1950s Iran, this breathtaking sophomore novel centers on a forbidden romance with long-lasting consequences.
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