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THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET
Originally published in Farsi, and with unmistakable echoes of Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai, this autobiographical fiction bears witness to the concussive political and social changes of the 1979 Iranian Revolution through the eyes of a young girl growing up in a family uprooted by terror that puts her culture, her gender, and her education in peril.
“A tender, meditative debut that examines one family’s experience of the Iranian Revolution. Bravely delves into politics, religion, sexuality, culture, family bonds and friendships. Beautiful and elegiac.” — Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees and Harry Sylvester Bird
“Mojghan is a writer of incredible power and grace. This book is as timely as it is timeless, full of unforgettable characters, harrowing moments, and the struggles of a young girl to make sense of a world set aflame.” — Wiley Cash, When Ghosts Come Home and A Land More Kind Than Home
Blair Publishing * October 2023 * 325 pages
With unmistakable echoes of Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai, Mojgan Ghazirad’s autobiographical fiction bears witness to the 1979 Iranian revolution through the eyes of a young girl and her family as, with harrowing swiftness her father is detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Army and massive change restricts the status of women. These seismic shifts dovetail with the universal perils of love, sexuality, and adolescence as Moji, like Scheherazade, relies on the power of stories to help her prevail.
For the curious and imaginative Moji, there is no better place to grow up than the lush garden of her grandparents in Tehran. However, as she sits with her sister underneath the grapevines, listening to their grandfather recount the enchanting stories of One Thousand and One Nights, revolution is brewing in her homeland. Soon, the last monarch of Iran will leave the country, and her home and her family will never be the same.
From Moji’s house on Sun Street, readers experience the 1979 Iranian revolution through the eyes of a young girl and her family members during a time of concussive political and social change. Moji must endure the harrowing first days of the violent revolution, a fraught passage to the US where there is only hostility from her classmates during the Iranian hostage crisis, her father’s detainment by the Islamic Revolutionary Army, and finally, the massive and restrictive change in the status of women in post-revolution Iran.
Along with these seismic shifts, for Moji, there are also the universal perils of love, sexuality, and adolescence. However, since Moji’s school is centered on political indoctrination, even a young girl’s innocent crush can mean catastrophe. Is Moji able to pull through? Will her family come to her rescue? And just like Scheherazade, will the power of stories help her prevail?
Mojgan Ghazirad is a medical doctor and professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University. She holds an MFA in creative writing and has published three collections of short stories in Farsi. Her essays have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Idaho Review, Longreads, The Common, Bombay Review, and Assignment. She lives with her family in Great Falls, Virginia.
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