Description

In her debut autobiographical novel, Yassaman Montazami tells the story of her father Bechrus, a Marxist intellectual who, as a “true revolutionary”, does not work for a living but devotes himself to his dissertation on Karl Marx. Political refugees from Iran - from the radical left to the bourgeois wife of a high-ranking military officer - find a place to stay in the Paris apartment. Bechrus' travels to his homeland sketch a portrait of the country's history from the Shah's rule to the Islamic revolution and the time up to his death in 2006. After separating from his wife Zarah, Bechrus returns to Iran and finds himself confronted with the fate of his former comrades. Seriously ill, he returns to Paris, where Yassaman accompanies him in his last days.

Reviews and press:

The author, winner of the Prix'ambule readers' prize, writes in clear, soulful language about the life of a charismatic man and her own childhood in an eccentric environment. straight forward and moving.

– Madame

A real reading pleasure

– Christian testimony

A portrait of a bygone Iran, a toppled bourgeoisie, a lost generation.

– Literary reviews