![]() In the final part we learn of what drove Danique to Tehran - something that she never shares directly with Edmond. She also balances her worlds - including with two necklaces, one with a cross, one with a small Allah-figure: When he is twelve, Tahereh's otherness is still indistinct to Edmond. Years before, when the daughter of one of our relatives had married an Englishman, Grandmother and Auntie Shakeh had refused to visit them until the birth of their daughter. The final part, 'White Violets', jumps ahead yet again quite a few years.Īlenush now lives abroad, and while Edmond is still the principal at his school, it is his vice-principal Danique who mostly handles the job now.ĭanique came to Tehran from Tabriz, and became a close friend of Martha's after taking the job at the school, even though they are very different, and from childhood on Alenush adored her auntie.Įach part deals both with the relationships between men and women, especially husbands and wives, while also addressing the issue of love and marriage outside one's community.įor the Armenian community \which Edmond's family is a close part of, marriage outside it, to a "non-Armenian" is almost unthinkable - and, for example: ![]() The fact that Behzad is not Armenian is devastating to Martha. The focus here is on Alenush's announcement that she and her boyfriend, Behzad, have decided to marry. He is married, to Martha, and they have a nearly-grown daughter, Alenush. The second part, 'Seashells', is set years later, in Tehran, where Edmond is now principal of the Adab Armenian School. The local church is across the way, and the school is Armenian the community almost entirely Christian - though not the family of the school janitor.Įdmond is close friends with "the Muslim janitor's daughter", Tahereh, who is also a classmate - and excels at school, including in Armenian. The first part, 'Sour Cherry Stones', is set when Edmond is a twelve-year-old schoolboy, growing up in a "small coastal town" (presumably on the Caspian Sea). (The original Persian title is 'One Day Before Easter'.)Įdmond's family is part of the large Armenian community living in Iran. The Space Between Us is a short novel narrated by Edmond Lazarian, each of its three parts set around Easter, years apart. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. Avec une prose débordante de nostalgie, sensuelle, attentive aux détails, aussi délicate qu'une miniature persane." - André Clavel, L'Express "Aux douleurs et aux désillusions du monde adulte, ce roman oppose les miracles de l'enfance, mais c'est aussi un voyage quasi ethnographique dans un Iran oublié que nous offre Zoyâ Pirzâd.These are what haunt her story." - Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail The prize-winning Iranian-Armenian author is less concerned with a straightforward narrative as with the desire to encapsulate the important things which are left unsaid and undone. " The Space Between Us is slight, but rich in allusion and suggestion.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī+ : beautifully restrained but rich little novel Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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