The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree is a novel written by Shokoofeh Azar, an Iranian writer living in Australia. This novel in the style of magical realism is the narrative of a thirteen-year-old girl named Bahar from an Iranian family of five and residents of the village of Razan after the Iranian Revolution.

Awards

 * Longlisted for the 2021 PEN Translation Prize
 * Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature
 * Finalist for the 2020 International Booker Prize