{"product_id":"the-persians-9781668015797","title":"The Persians","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The Women's Prize - Named a Most Anticipated Book by \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, The BBC, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(London), and more\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny, life-affirming \"joy of a debut novel\" (David Mitchell) that follows five women from three generations of a once illustrious Iranian family as their lives are turned upside down.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women of the Valiat family are in crisis. Elizabeth, the regal matriarch, remained in Tehran despite the revolution and only has Niaz, her Islamic law-breaking granddaughter for company. In America, Elizabeth's daughters, the flamboyantly high-flying Shirin and frustrated housewife Seema, are wondering if their new lives there are what they had hoped for. Lastly, there's the second granddaughter, Bita, a disillusioned law student trying to find deeper meaning by giving away her worldly belongings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen an annual vacation in Aspen goes wildly awry and Shirin ends up being bailed out of jail, gossip about the family spreads like wildfire. Soon, Shirin sets out to restore the family name to its former glory. But what does that mean in a country where the Valiats never mattered to anyone? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Persians\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible portrait of a unique family in turmoil that explores timeless questions of love, money, art and fulfilment. Here is their past, present, and a possible new future for them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSanam Mahloudji is an American writer born in Tehran and based in London. She is the winner of a Pushcart Prize for her fiction and was nominated for a PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIdaho Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Persians \u003c\/i\u003ehas been shortlisted for the Women's Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187407585554,"sku":"9781668015797","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_127f96a4-f674-4de5-9df0-bbc02efaba45.jpg?v=1772013757","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-persians-9781668015797","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}