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From Fall to Spring
It’s 1974 and Pedram Azad’s long-awaited dream has come true � he’s been appointed to teach English at a secondary school in Tabriz. It means leaving his beloved grandmother at home in Tehran, but he goes off to his first job with her blessing. In Tabriz, Pedram makes new friends and falls in love with an Armenian girl. Life has never been so good.But when the Shah is ousted by the Ayatollah, everything in Iran changes. The Islamic Revolution brings suspicion, divided loyalties, executions, unspeakable cruelty and hardship to what was once a prosperous, culturally rich, forward-looking country. As Pedram’s friends and family slowly disappear, he is forced to make some difficult decisions about his own life, and in doing so, he comes to a new understanding of himself. From Fall to Spring charts one young man’s journey from darkness to light, from repression to freedom, from a kind of half-life to a new beginning.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
360 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 20, 2018
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About the author
Ingrid Leksand
1Ìýbook10ÌýfollowersI was born in Stockholm, Sweden. When I was only five years old, my family moved to London.
I have therefore, lived most of my life in England but today, my life is divided between my two most favourite cities in the world: London and Stockholm.
'From Fall to Spring' is my first novel.
My interview with Kayhan Life, London.
I have therefore, lived most of my life in England but today, my life is divided between my two most favourite cities in the world: London and Stockholm.
'From Fall to Spring' is my first novel.
My interview with Kayhan Life, London.
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February 12, 2019
From Fall to Spring by Ingrid Leksand is a gem of a book with a sharp narrative that will enthral you all the way. This is the story of Pedram Azad, a young aspiring Tehrani Iranian teacher of English literature in Tabriz during the final years of the Shah’s Iran and the revolution that violently changed the course of his promising, middle class life and that of his beloved country.
Filled with vivid and memorable characters, simple moments of daily existence, exotic and familiar locations, moments of great historic significance and portraits of happy and torn lives.
This is a book about the thin thread that binds humanity in the best and worst of times. An exquisite tale of idealism, love, friendship, patriotism, self-discovery and exile.
A deeply moving novel about a good man caught up in a bad world that speaks volumes for an uprooted generation.
Highly recommend this outstanding first novel with an important universal message. A reminder that life matters and that even if you find yourself in the gutter you can still look up at the stars.
Reviewed by Cyrus Kadivar, author of Farewell Shiraz: An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile.
Filled with vivid and memorable characters, simple moments of daily existence, exotic and familiar locations, moments of great historic significance and portraits of happy and torn lives.
This is a book about the thin thread that binds humanity in the best and worst of times. An exquisite tale of idealism, love, friendship, patriotism, self-discovery and exile.
A deeply moving novel about a good man caught up in a bad world that speaks volumes for an uprooted generation.
Highly recommend this outstanding first novel with an important universal message. A reminder that life matters and that even if you find yourself in the gutter you can still look up at the stars.
Reviewed by Cyrus Kadivar, author of Farewell Shiraz: An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile.
November 11, 2019
Impressive evocation of a lost time: Iran before and during the revolution. Leksand masterfully weaves the historical and the personal, culminating in a grace note that reminds us of hope.
August 7, 2024
It is a wonderful novel that one of my friends suggested to me, and I feel very happy about his suggestion 💗
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