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Last Days of Café Leila : A Novel by Donia Bijan (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101616205857
ISBN-139781616205850
eBay Product ID (ePID)228611255
Product Key Features
Book TitleLast Days of Café Leila : a Novel
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicCultural Heritage, Family Life, General, Literary, Asian American
GenreFiction
AuthorDonia Bijan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-043555
Dewey Edition23
Reviews" The Last Days at Café Leila will engage all of your senses. This is the poignantly told story of a family and of the brilliant and beautiful culture of Persia, diminished but not destroyed. It is also a triumphant portrait of a woman making her way from apology to full-throated song." -- Elizabeth J. Church, author of The Atomic Weight of Love "A moving portrayal of love and loss in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution." -- Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan's Inheritance "Bijan's exquisitely rendered tale reminds us that the bonds of food, family, and most of all love make life worth living even at its darkest moments. A story worth savoring, sharing, and taking to heart." -- Jamie Brenner, author of The Wedding Sisters and The Forever Summer
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Dewey Decimal813.6
Synopsis"A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan." --Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Café Leila, the restaurant her family has been running for three generations. Iran may have changed, but Café Leila, still run by Zod, has stayed blessedly the same--it is a refuge of laughter and solace for its makeshift family of staff and regulars. As Noor revisits her Persian childhood, she must rethink who she is--a mother, a daughter, a woman estranged from her marriage and from her life in California. And together, she and Lily get swept up in the beauty and brutality of Tehran. Bijan's vivid, layered story, at once tender and elegant, funny and sad, weaves together the complexities of history, domesticity, and loyalty and, best of all, transports readers to another culture, another time, and another emotional landscape., "A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan." --Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Caf Leila, the restaurant her family has been running for three generations. Iran may have changed, but Caf Leila, still run by Zod, has stayed blessedly the same--it is a refuge of laughter and solace for its makeshift family of staff and regulars. As Noor revisits her Persian childhood, she must rethink who she is--a mother, a daughter, a woman estranged from her marriage and from her life in California. And together, she and Lily get swept up in the beauty and brutality of Tehran. Bijan's vivid, layered story, at once tender and elegant, funny and sad, weaves together the complexities of history, domesticity, and loyalty and, best of all, transports readers to another culture, another time, and another emotional landscape.
LC Classification NumberPS3602.I368L37 2017
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