Nazanine Hozar was born in Tehran, Iran, and lives in British Columbia, Canada.Aria is her first novel.
At the Guardian, Hozar tagged ten notable books about Iran, including:
The Blind Owl by Sadegh HedayatRead about another entry on the list.
It would be impossible to begin a discussion on modern Iranian literature without including this masterwork by the father of Persian magical realism. The Blind Owl is a feverish tale of a pen-case painter’s descent into the nightmareof his own psyche as the reader is exposed to his mistrust of oppressive forces, abuse of power, sexual and gender hierarchy, and the constraints of modern Iranian society. No other novel better illuminates the state of modern Iranian alienation and isolation, or the Persian ability to make the disturbing beautiful.
Also see Mark Skinner's eleven top books on Iran and Kamin Mohammadi's top ten Iranian books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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