A literary work in the form of modern poetic texts and prose that takes the reader on a journey of self-exploration and diving into the depths of human feelings, values, principles, and meanings. The first station of the journey will be with the psychological struggle to be liberated from the shackles of fears and obstacles, followed by the station of contemplation and contemplation of all the lessons of the school of life, followed by the station of revealing feelings of love and joy, and then humanity and loyalty to the homeland, and then passing by the station of singing coffee and everything that enchants the mood, and travel and wandering. , longing, vague feelings, love for one’s family, and lamentation for the departed, ending with the station of monologue and holding onto the rope of God.
After the enthusiastic revolutionaries attacked Hoshanak's house and burned musical instruments, books, and all the things they considered forbidden, he decided to leave Tehran, taking his wife, Rosa, his two sons, Sohrab and Beta, and the third daughter, Bahar, to settle in a distant village, hoping Preserving their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the chaos of the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution sweeping the country.
The fates of all family members change, and they are divided between pain and memory, between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and the times, events, and narrative spaces that “Bahar” narrates intersect, mixing violence and brutality with mysticism, meditation, magic, and myths, invoking oral narrative traditions to confront cruelty with the power of imagination.
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020, Green Plum Tree's Rise is a fascinating journey through Persian history and mythology, woven in the style of magical realism, exploring the fate of hope and dream in Iran today.
