PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
‘This haunting, magical novel spans centuries and continents, weaving together themes of migration, war, family, and the endurance of love against all odds. Captivating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, Forty Nights is a testament to the transformative power of story, and Pirooz Jafari is an extraordinary storyteller.’ * Emily Bitto, author of The Strays and Wild Abandon * ‘This question of imagination – of how to imagine a normal life into being, both for oneself and others – is writing at degree zero. It is a place where certainties refuse to coalesce, where they refuse closure, refuse narration. It is what gives this novel its existential edge.’ * Sydney Morning Herald * ‘a very impressive literary debut’ * The Otago Daily Times *
