The Blood of Flowers

By Anita Amirrezvani
(Back Bay Books, Paperback, 9780316065771, 400pp.)

Publication Date: May 2008

Other Editions of This Title: Large Print (October 2007), Hardcover (June 2007), Compact Disc (June 2007)

Categories: Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology, Historical - General

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Fall '08/Winter '09 Reading Group List

“It is a feat to bring off a serious, historical novel in which the history doesn't overwhelm the human story and the human tale simply uses the history as furniture. In this most impressive, captivating debut, Amirrezvani's novel of a young woman finding her way into life in 17th-century Iran does justice to both story and history.”

-- Rick Simonson, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA

Description

Both a sweeping love story and a luminous portrait of a city, THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS is the mesmerizing historical novel of an ill-fated young woman whose gift as a rug designer transforms her life. Illuminated with glorious detail of persian rug-making, and brilliantly bringing to life the sights sounds and life of 17th-century Isfahan, THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS has captured readers' imaginations everywhere as a timeless tale of one woman's struggle to live a life of her choosing.

About the Author

Anita Amirrezvani was born in Tehran, Iran and lives in Northern California. For ten years, she was a staff dance critic for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has received fellowships fromt he National Arts Journalism Program, the NEA's Arts Journalism Institute for Dance, and the Hedgebrook Foundation for Women Writers. She is currently pursuing her MFA in fiction.

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