Rain-Soaked Persian New Year is a collection of short stories by Zohreh Hakimi translated from the Persian by M. R. Ghanoonparvar to be published by Asemana books in October 2026.
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-997503-44-6
Rain-Soaked Persian New Year brings together fifteen finely crafted stories by acclaimed Iranian writer Zohreh Hakimi, whose fiction explores the quiet complexities of memory, migration, belonging, and human resilience. Born in Iran in 1955 and writing fiction since the 1990s, Hakimi has published two short-story collections and two novels, earning recognition including the Parvin Etesami Literary Award and distinction from the Houshang Golshiri Foundation. In this collection, translated into English by renowned scholar and translator M. R. Ghanoonparvar, readers encounter a rich gallery of characters navigating the emotional terrain of everyday life across continents, generations, and cultural worlds.
Moving seamlessly between Iran and the immigrant experience in North America, these stories illuminate moments of longing, loss, humor, and hope with remarkable sensitivity. Whether set in the streets of Tehran, the landscapes of the American Southwest, or the memories carried across borders, Hakimi’s narratives reveal the enduring ties between people and places. Thoughtful, lyrical, and deeply humane, Rain-Soaked Persian New Year offers English-language readers an engaging introduction to one of contemporary Persian literature’s distinctive voices.
