Solacers Explained

Solacers
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Memoir
Publisher:RedCornPoppy Books
Release Date:2012
Media Type:Print paperback Digital eBook
Pages:297 pp
Isbn:978-0-615-44526-7
Isbn Note:(Paperback edition) (eBook edition)
Congress:LCCN: 2012903463

Solacers is a 2012 memoir[1] [2] written by Iranian-American[3] [4] author .[5] The book is a first-person narrative about an abandoned boy growing up on the streets in 1960s Iran, before the Iranian Revolution of 1979.[6]

Awards

2012 Finalist Nonfiction, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing- Stanford University Libraries.[7]

Other Editions

In 2013 Solacers was translated into Persian as Alireza and German as Beraubte Wut.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Solacers: a memoir . 2011 . Red Poppy Corn Books . 978-0-615-44526-7 . Stanford Libraries.
  2. Web site: HAVEN . CYNTHIA . 1 August 2012 . Authors Daniel Orozco, Elisabeth Tova Bailey win Stanford's 2012 Saroyan Prize for Writing . 2023-10-24 . Google Docs.
  3. Web site: Arion Golmakani. Authors. Tantor Media. 20 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Ackland . Karen . 2011-07-20 . Review of Solacers . 2023-10-24 . Foreword Reviews . en.
  5. Web site: چمدان: 'پدرم مادرم را به داخل کانال پرت کرد'. پیام. امیر. December 2014. BBC Persian. fa. 2018-04-18.
  6. Web site: 2018-06-12 . Review of Arion Golmakani's SOLACERS . 2023-10-24 . ANTHONY R. CARDNO . en-US.
  7. Web site: Winners and finalists 2012 . 20 September 2017 . William Saroyan International Prize for Writing . Stanford University.