Welcome to Litsy!

This book was gorgeously written and contained within it's pages a story of generations, love, change and stagnation. Absolutely beautiful.

Hiding out behind a dinosaur's butt trying to finish the last 50 pages of my book before Book Club tonight.

First pool day. Each kid brought a friend, so I get to read in peace.

"Sardar is still as silent, Talla talkative. That is how they balance their world, between the laconic confidence of a man who has faith in life and the chattering mistrust of a woman who expects a new misfortune to appear every day"

"And Talla speaks for two because everything is necessary to make up a life, and nothing can replace anything else. And a misunderstood silence is more brutal than the most spiteful words, the void it creates more empty than any unspeaking mouth." #europaeditions

"He needed his horizon to be clear so he could see only the essence of life, as it was at the outset, before words existed; having people around, their chatter and bustle, interrupted the view" #europaeditions #iran #muslim

Starting my next Book Club book. Anybody read it? Any good? I can't figure out when it is set. "1299 on the Iranian calendar" which I thought worked out to the 1880s, but then someone drives by in a Renault, so I guess not.

#readingwomenmonth #day16 #bookssetinthemiddleeast

I'm so excited about this book... I feel like literature can help you understand other cultures. ♡♡♡♡