Children of the Jacaranda Tree is the internationally acclaimed debut novel of Iranian writer Sahar Delijani. Partially inspired by the writer's family history, it is a story about one of the worst best kept secrets of post-revolutionary Iran: the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners. The novel depicts not only the lives of the victims but also those of their families and above all their children. The novel is a poignant attempt at describing the genesis of a dictatorship, how it begins, how it affects a people, and what it means to resist it.
Children of the Jacaranda Tree is Delijani's first published and fourth written novel. In her words, "the other novels were more like homework. I had to learn how to write through writing." Completed in 2012, Children of the Jacaranda Tree took three years to complete. The potential of the story was recognized immediately when a few days after its submission to the publishing world, simultaneous auctions were taking place in the US, UK, Italy, France, Brazil, Germany and Spain. The advances and rights to the book were sold in 27 territories.[1]
Praised by Khaled Hosseini and named one of the top books of 2013 by The Kansas City Star,[2] the novel has been published in 75 countries and translated into 30 languages.
^Alison Flood (April 16, 2012). "Publishers go on spending spree ahead of London book fair". The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
^"The Star's Top Books of the Year". The Kansas City Star. April 16, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
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