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Marc Koralnik |
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DAUGHTERS OF SMOKE AND FIRE
The unforgettable, haunting debut novel of a young woman's perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother.
This extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the lives of the Middle Eastern ethnic Kurdish minority as it follows the Dilan family. Leila, expected to help her mother shoulder the burden of household duties until she become a wife, dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Her fatherwho as a child witnessed the massacre of his village and grew up to become an activist, for which he was imprisoned, tortured, rendered unemployablenow obsesses over news of attacks against the Kurds and the reinstating of their homeland, and her younger brother Chia shows signs of following her father's path into activism.
When Chia is accepted for admission to a university in Tehran, Leila defies her parents and follows him to the city. But Chia's activism grows increasingly risky and one day he disappears. Seeking answers about her brother's whereabouts, Leila begins protesting with other Kurds. But when she publishes Chia's writings online, she soon finds herself in grave danger.
Daughters of Smoke and Fire is inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and is an evocative portrait of the lives and stakes faced by forty million stateless Kurds. Ava Homa's timely debut written is written with exquisite detail and offers readers unflinching but compassionate insight into a seldom-discussed nation. A gripping read, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is a powerful story that brilliantly illuminates the meaning of identity and the complex bonds of family, perfect for fans of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun.
AVA HOMA is a writer, journalist, and activist specializing in women's issues and Middle Eastern affairs.
She holds an Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor in Canada. Her collection of short stories, Echoes from the Other Land, was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Prize, and she is the inaugural recipient of the PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-In-Exile Scholarship. She was born and raised in the Kurdistan Province in Iran and now divides her time between Toronto and the Bay Area. Daughters of Smoke and Fire is her debut novel.
Selling Points
The first novel published in English written by a female Kurdish writer
The publication of Daughters of Smoke and Fire will time to the 10th anniversary of the execution of Farzad Kamangar, whose life, arrest, and execution were the inspiration for the novel. Kamangar was executed on May 9, 2010.
The author's compelling personal story as a Kurdish woman will make her a great interview subject and produce really unique off-the-book-page features
When Chia is accepted for admission to a university in Tehran, Leila defies her parents and follows him to the city. But Chia's activism grows increasingly risky and one day he disappears. Seeking answers about her brother's whereabouts, Leila begins protesting with other Kurds. But when she publishes Chia's writings online, she soon finds herself in grave danger.
Daughters of Smoke and Fire is inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and is an evocative portrait of the lives and stakes faced by forty million stateless Kurds. Ava Homa's timely debut written is written with exquisite detail and offers readers unflinching but compassionate insight into a seldom-discussed nation. A gripping read, Daughters of Smoke and Fire is a powerful story that brilliantly illuminates the meaning of identity and the complex bonds of family, perfect for fans of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun.
AVA HOMA is a writer, journalist, and activist specializing in women's issues and Middle Eastern affairs.
She holds an Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor in Canada. Her collection of short stories, Echoes from the Other Land, was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Prize, and she is the inaugural recipient of the PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-In-Exile Scholarship. She was born and raised in the Kurdistan Province in Iran and now divides her time between Toronto and the Bay Area. Daughters of Smoke and Fire is her debut novel.
Selling Points
The first novel published in English written by a female Kurdish writer
The publication of Daughters of Smoke and Fire will time to the 10th anniversary of the execution of Farzad Kamangar, whose life, arrest, and execution were the inspiration for the novel. Kamangar was executed on May 9, 2010.
The author's compelling personal story as a Kurdish woman will make her a great interview subject and produce really unique off-the-book-page features
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Published 2020-05-01 by Overlook |