The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Persian: اشراق درخت گوجه سبز) is a 2020 novel written by Shokoofeh Azar,[1] an Iranian Australian writer.[2]
The novel, written magical realist style, is the narrative of a thirteen-year-old girl named Bahar from an Iranian family of five and residents of the village of Razan after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[3][4][5]
The novel was originally written in Persian, and was first published in English translation by the Wild Dingo Press in Australia in 2017. The translator has chosen to remain anonymous.[6]
It was placed on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize in 2020, and Azar is the first Iranian author to have been nominated for the prize.[7][8] The book was republished for audiences outside Australia by Europa Editions.[6][9]
