{"product_id":"woodwind-harmony-in-the-nighttime-paperback","title":"Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReza Ghassemi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Quay\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePorochista Khakpour\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the inaugural \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReza Ghassemi's darkly comic and subtly provocative novel of life among the exiled and expatriated.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIranian exile Yadollah is barely scraping by in 1990s Paris. He lives in a run-down attic apartment with his friend Seyyed, and his girlfriend Ra'na. It's an all too common situation-their apartment building houses a cast of eccentric neighbors, most of them fellow down-on-their-luck exiles from all over the world. When a mysterious new neighbor arrives on the scene, a man who ominously goes by the name of \u003cem\u003eProphet\u003c\/em\u003e, Yadollah and his friends' world is turned upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYadollah suddenly finds himself confronted by the Islamic angels of death, and realizes that he must untangle the mystery of his own murder, which occurred at some unknown point after Prophet's arrival. Suspenseful, yet darkly humorous, \u003cem\u003eWoodwind Harmony In The Nighttime \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the trauma of displacement, and challenges readers to piece together the story of a life shattered by exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReza Ghassemi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Iranian musician, playwright and novelist. His plays, which won prestigious awards in Iran, were banned after the Islamic Revolution. He has since lived in exile in France, where he has pursued his career as a musician and writer with more freedom. In 2002, he was awarded the Golshiri Literary Award for Best First Novel--Iran's most important literary prize--for \u003ci\u003eWoodwind Harmony in the Nighttime\u003c\/i\u003e. Of his other two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Spell Chanted by Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e (Candle \u0026amp; Fog, 2015) has also been translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Quay\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar, researcher and translator of Persian literature. She teaches Persian language and literature, in addition to Iranian cinema and culture, at Brown University in Providence, RI. She holds a PhD in medieval Persian literature from the University of Cambridge, where she studied as a Gates Scholar. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Persian Literary Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), and has collaborated on scholarly translations of medieval Persian rhetoric manuals as a postdoctoral researcher. Meanwhile, her contemporary literary translation work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines Press\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She was the inaugural winner of the Mo Habib Translation Prize for Persian literature in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePorochista Khakpour\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSons \u0026amp; Other Flammable Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTehrangeles\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoir \u003ci\u003eSick\u003c\/i\u003e; and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eBrown Album\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52024794251565,"sku":"9781646054190","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/woodwind-harmony-in-the-nighttime-paperback-6827000.webp?v=1777428068","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/woodwind-harmony-in-the-nighttime-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}