The Saffron Kitchen
$34.79
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2007
Summary
Now in B Format.
A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family.
On an autumn day in London, the dark secrets and troubled past of Maryam Mazar surface violently with tragic consequences for her pregnant daughter, Sara, and her newly orphaned nephew, Saeed. Racked with guilt, Maryam is compelled to leave the safe comfort of her suburban home and mild English husband to return to Mazareh, the remote village on Iran’s north-eas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119557 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349119554 |
| Author: | Yasmin Crowther |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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Yasmin Crowther tells this cross-cultural drama with skill. The writing is restrained but powerful - FINANCIAL TIMES
This debut novel is a delicate, bittersweet examination of the nature of home and homesickness, and a salient reminder of the way the past can haunt the present with subtle, heart-breaking persistence - MAIL ON SUNDAYAccomplished…memorable - SUNDAY TIMESLyrical… As a guide to the subtle complexities of family life The Saffron Kitchen is inspired; as a study of the flipside of the cultural divide it is intelligent and probing, an impressive debut - SCOTSMANAbout The Author
Yasmin Crowther
Yasmin Crowther is the daughter of an Iranian mother and a British father. She was educated in England at Oxford University and now works for SustainAbility UK. This is Yasmin Crowther’s first novel.
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