Sahar Delijani Libros

La casa de ladrillos rojos es grande y espaciosa y, en el jardín, una fuente azul comparte protagonismo con un enorme jacarandá centenario, que con su generosa sombra cobija un grupo de niños que juegan bajo un sol implacable. Pero esta bucólica escena esconde una realidad descarnada. Estamos en Irán, a comienzos de los ochenta, y el gobierno fundamentalista, liderado por el ayatolá Jomeini, ha iniciado una brutal depuración que afecta a miles de personas de todas las ideologías, incluso aquellas que han participado activamente en el triunfo de la revolución; perseguidas, encarceladas o aniquiladas, las víctimas del nuevo régimen dejan tras de sí miles de familias desamparadas.

A country divided by revolution. A people united by love. CHILDREN OF THE JACARANDA TREE is an astonishing debut reminiscent of THE KITE RUNNER and HALF A YELLOW SUN. Deep in Tehran's Evin Prison, Azar gives birth to a baby girl. Corridors away, Amir is making a bracelet out of date stones. He hopes that one day his daughter will hold it in her hands. As a camera shutter closes, three children are fixed in time. These children cannot remember their mothers' faces. But their mothers will treasure the photos, daring to imagine the life that goes on beyond prison walls. Revolution has torn the future from the past. But these children, the children of the jacaranda tree, will have the chance to grow. They will go into exile, they will find love and they will return home to Iran. But they will also have to confront the terrible legacies passed from one generation to the next when the cold boot of history stamps on individual lives. CHILDREN OF THE JACARANDA TREE is a novel about the ghosts of revolution. It is a novel about forging the future when your past is too painful to remember. It is a novel that you will never forget.

Téhéran, 1983. Neda naît dans la prison d'Evin. Elle est arrachée à sa mère quelques semaines plus tard. Alors qu'il a 3 ans, Omid est témoin de l'arrestation de ses parents dissidents. Comme d'autres enfants de prisonniers politiques, Neda et Omid seront élevés par leurs proches, à l'ombre des jacarandas, ces arbres violets flamboyants qui berceront leur enfance. Vingt ans après, leur génération porte toujours le poids du passé, au moment où commence une nouvelle vague de protestations et de luttes politiques... Inspirée par sa propre histoire, Sahar Delijani raconte l'itinéraire de trois générations d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants, épris de poésie, de justice et de liberté.