Rooftops of Tehran (novel)

Upon its publication, Rooftops won critical acclaim as an Indie Next Notable {{Cite web|url=http://news.bookweb.org/news/june-2009-indie-next-list-preview|title = The June 2009 Indie Next List Preview|date = 7 May 2009}} and was selected in the Outstanding Debut Category by the American Booksellers Association.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bookweb.org/news/fall-2009winter-2010-indie-next-list-reading-groups|title = The Fall 2009/Winter 2010 Indie Next List for Reading Groups|date = 21 September 2009}} Rooftops of Tehran was the One Book Program selection at Villanova University,{{cite web |url=http://www.villanova.edu/homepage/onebook/ |title=One Book Villanova |website=www.villanova.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030081133/http://www.villanova.edu/homepage/onebook/ |archive-date=2005-10-30}} Broward College's wRites of Spring 2010 final pick,{{Cite web|url=http://www.broward.edu/student/AnnouncementsStudent/page26659.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161318/http://www.broward.edu/student/AnnouncementsStudent/page26659.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2011|title=Announcements|website=www.broward.edu}} and Earlham College's First Year Experience selection.{{cite web |url=http://community.penguin.com/_Penguin-Author-Events-Awards-and-News-110810/blog/2948705/150186.html/ |title=Penguin Author Events, Awards, and News - 11/08/10 - Penguin Community Blog post |website=community.penguin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225110519/http://community.penguin.com/_Penguin-Author-Events-Awards-and-News-110810/blog/2948705/150186.html |archive-date=2010-12-25}} The book was also voted one of the top 25 bookclub favorites of 2009,{{Cite web |url=http://readinggroupguides.com/findaguide/best_of_new.asp |title=ReadingGroupGuides.com - Best of List: New Favorites - Find a Guide |access-date=2010-07-30 |archive-date=2010-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812033625/http://www.readinggroupguides.com/findaguide/best_of_new.asp |url-status=dead }} and one of the San Francisco Chronicle's top 50 notable books of the Bay Area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/50-notable-Bay-Area-books-of-2009-3277930.php|title = 50 notable Bay Area books of 2009|date = 20 December 2009}} Rooftops was translated into 22 languages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rooftopsoftehran.com/|title=Rooftops of Tehran|website=Rooftops of Tehran|accessdate=13 August 2023}}

In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed. Here he dreamed about his future and wrestled with a crushing secret: his love for his beautiful neighbor, Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to Pasha's friend and mentor, Doctor, a university student and political activist on the SAVAK hunt list. Despite Pasha's guilt, the long, hot summer days transform the couple's tentative relationship into a rich emotional bond. But the bliss of their perfect, stolen summer is abruptly shattered in a single night when Pasha unwittingly guides the Shah's secret police to Doctor's hiding place. The violent consequences awaken Pasha and his friends to the reality of what life is like under the rule of a powerful despot. This led Zari to make a choice from which Pasha may never recover.

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• [http://news.bookweb.org/news/june-2009-indie-next-list-preview Indie Next Notable]
• [http://news.bookweb.org/news/fall-2009winter-2010-indie-next-list-reading-groups Outstanding Debut Category by ABA]
• [http://www.villanova.edu/homepage/onebook/ ne Book Villanova]
• [http://www.broward.edu/student/AnnouncementsStudent/page26659.html Broward College wRites of Spring 2010]
• [http://readinggroupguides.com/findaguide/best_of_new.asp Top 25 Book Club List for 2009]
• [https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/50-notable-Bay-Area-books-of-2009-3277930.php 50 Notable Bay Area Books of 2009]

• [http://rooftopsoftehran.com/ Rooftops of Tehran Official Website]
• [http://www.browneandmiller.com/ Brown & Miller Literary Associates]
• [http://www.whyy.org/podcast/012510_110630.mp3 Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane - NPR]
• [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/15/RV1817FUVE.DTL San Francisco Chronicle Review of Rooftops of Tehran]
• [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/15/RV1817FUVE.DTL Interview with Mahbod Seraji on Milwaukee Sentinel]
• [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/50137352.html Minneapolis Star Tribune]

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Category:2009 American novels

Category:Novels set in Iran

Category:Fiction set in 1973

Category:New American Library books