In English
International Booker 2026 · Shortlist
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
Nachts ist es leise in Teheran
Shida Bazyar · 28 when first published
Novel · 272 pages · Migration, Family, Politics
Translated by Ruth Martin
AI-generated summary:In Tehran in 1979, the young communist Behsad fights for a new order after the Shah's fall and falls in love with Nahid; ten years later they and their children are refugees in a small German town.