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The Stationery Shop of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali
Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
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 If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran

1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time.

Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met.

But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing.

Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own.

Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers and unforgettable ending. 20th Century Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Military Heartfelt Fiction Iran
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I adored this tale, filled with passion, love, loss, adventure, mystery, longing, compassion and humanity.

Such a beautiful story

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I loved this book...found it hard to turn it off!
A touching story of a great love that lasted through everything.

A Great Love Story

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The continuous ache felt for the two characters and the thought of, “only if”.
However the book is well written. In the audiobook though, it can become confusing to follow when the chapters shift from one character’s point of view to another.

Story of love that stands through test of time but fate gets in the way of the two uniting

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In the first half hour of the book the bait is hooked, then the rest of the 6 hours you can see the carrot stick dangling in front of you, which makes it very frustrating indeed.

This book is about WEAK MEN, and unfulfilled LOVE in a historical-political background in Iran. It was an intense book and at parts it had me yelling out loud to the main character. It was a frustrating book and not all the characters stories were closed off at the end, what happened to Bahman's mother? How did he and his family end up in the same place as Roya in America? Did he follow her...the author doesn't say.

I enjoyed learning about the Iranian traditions, sayings and food very much.
Performance: Mozhan Marno was very good. I will check out other books she has narrated.

Bait was set in the first 30 min...

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Loved it. Captivated and I could clearly visualise every word. Brilliant story in which I laughed and cried... leaving me wanting more books from this author.

Couldn't stop listening !

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