Solacers
Solacers is a 2012 memoir[1] written by Iranian-American[2] author Arion Golmakani.[3] 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.[4]
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Arion Golmakani |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | RedCornPoppy Books |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Media type | Print paperback Digital eBook |
| Pages | 297 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-615-44526-7 (Paperback edition) ISBN 978-0-615-48042-8 (eBook edition) |
| LC Class | LCCN: 2012903463 |
Awards
2012 Finalist Nonfiction, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing- Stanford University Libraries.[1]
Other Editions
In 2013 Solacers was translated into Persian as Alireza and German as Beraubte Wut.
gollark: Orbital laser strikes on any pregnant people.
gollark: I'm not very "rich" personally, I have £1.90 in my bank account and mostly cheap old/used computery stuff, but my family is pretty "bourgeoisie", as silly communist people would say.
gollark: Ah, I see.
gollark: I can never remember which way round the percentiles go.
gollark: In poorer countries, people have more children so they can get more support when they are old and as a contingency in case few survive to adulthood.
References
- "Winners and finalists 2012". William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Stanford University. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- "Arion Golmakani". Authors. Tantor Media. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- پیام, امیر (December 2014). "چمدان: 'پدرم مادرم را به داخل کانال پرت کرد'". BBC Persian (in Persian). Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- "Solacers : a memoir". Searchworks Catalog. Stanford University. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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