![]() "What happened with Ukrainian Air Flight 752 is still quite raw for me. Hozar spoke with Shelagh Rogers about writing Aria. The story of Aria's life unfolds against the sweep and turmoil of the tumultuous decades leading up to the Islamic Republic. The novel follows the titular character, who is an orphan growing up in Tehran. ![]() ![]() In Jan. 2020, 176 people lost their lives when Ukrainian Air Flight 752 was shot down by an Iranian missile.Īria is the story of a young orphan girl, growing up in the midst of the mounting dissent that preceded the Iranian revolution. She writes about the rise to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini, beginning in the 1950s, when the Shah was still in power. That is the case with debut novel Aria by Nazanine Hozar. ![]() It sometimes happens that a novel set in the past can become timely because of the light it casts on the present. ![]()
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