Dorit Rabinyan Livres

Elle est étudiante en littérature, Israélienne, de passage à New York. Il est peintre, Palestinien, et vit ici depuis quelques années. Le hasard les a fait se rencontrer. Liat et Hilmi n'ont pas trente ans, partagent une terre natale que leurs peuples se disputent : hors du temps, loin des tensions et des différences, leur amour trouvera à s'épanouir. Deux étrangers dans la ville. Sous la même étoile, enfin. Hélas, le visa de Liat arrive à expiration. Et la vie a plus d'un mur pour séparer ceux qui s'aiment...

While eleven-year-old Nazie has long been engaged to her cousin Moussa and anxiously awaits her marriage, fifteen-year-old Flora has been abandoned by her husband in the midst of a difficult pregnancy. In a novel brimming with vitality and sensuality - smells, colours and textures float effortlessly off the page - Rabinyan examines the lives of these young Jewish girls in a Persian village at the beginning of the twentieth century. Persian Brides is a widely-acclaimed, vibrant and award-winning debut of immense emotional power.

The narrative explores the lives of the Azizyan girls, delving into their dreams of romance and the stark reality of their engagements. Set against a rich backdrop of sensory details like lilac and oleander, the story captures their yearning and impatience as they navigate the complexities of love and marriage. It contrasts their imagined fairy-tale lives with the truths they face, highlighting the tension between aspiration and reality.