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Seit 800 Jahren lebt die Familie von Aqa Jaan im Haus der Moschee, stets unter dem wachsamen Auge der Störche, die hoch auf den Minaretten brüten. Doch das Jahr 1969 bringt gewaltige Veränderungen in die politischen Strukturen des Iran: der Schah verliert seine Macht, aus seinem Exil in Frankreich zettelt der Ayatollah eine Rebellion an. Mit seiner Rückkehr ziehen die Veränderungen auch bis in den letzten Winkel des Hauses von Aqa Jaan.

Produktbeschreibung
Seit 800 Jahren lebt die Familie von Aqa Jaan im Haus der Moschee, stets unter dem wachsamen Auge der Störche, die hoch auf den Minaretten brüten. Doch das Jahr 1969 bringt gewaltige Veränderungen in die politischen Strukturen des Iran: der Schah verliert seine Macht, aus seinem Exil in Frankreich zettelt der Ayatollah eine Rebellion an. Mit seiner Rückkehr ziehen die Veränderungen auch bis in den letzten Winkel des Hauses von Aqa Jaan.
Autorenporträt
Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah is the author of several books, including the novels My Father's Notebook, The House of the Mosque and most recently The King which has been longlisted for the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award. He has received several awards, including the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres decoration in 2008.

Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftistparty that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, at the invitation of the United Nations, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee.

Kader Abdolah now writes in Dutch and is the author of several novels, including My Father's Notebook (also published by Canongate) and two collections of short stories, as well as works of non-fiction. In 2008 Kader Abdolah was honoured with the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.