Rain in the Wasteland is a novel by Khosro Pooyandeh to be published by Asemana Books in October 2, 2026.
Language: Persian
Rain in the Wasteland is a tragedy—the tragedy of Baran’s fate and that of other young women who seek the right to choose. They are girls who love, who love life itself. They refuse to remain silent in the face of those who demand their obedience.
This novel tells the story of young people’s resistance to coercion through a series of powerful and unsettling events that raise questions about choice, love, responsibility, and the price of silence. It is narrated by a woman who, moving between memories of a past romance and her present life, struggles to understand her own role in the tragedies unfolding in the shadow of fanaticism and fear.
Spanning three generations, the novel traces this cycle of intolerance and fear through a fluid movement between past and present.
