The Book of Tehran

The Book of Tehran is an anthology of nine stories from various Iranian writers, edited by Fereshteh Ahmadi and published on 27 March 2019. It is the tenth book of the Reading the City series, focused on stories from and about a certain city, in this case Tehran in Iran.

Content

Introduction by Orkideh Behrouzan
Wake It Up by Payam Nasser, translated by Sara Khalili
The Other Side of the Wall by Goli Taraghi, translated by Sholeh Wolpé
Mohsen Hale-Tenor by Mohammad Tolouei, translated by Farzaneh Doosti
In the Light Being Cast from the Kitchen by Hamed Habibi, translated by Shahab Vaezzadeh
Sunshine by Kourosh Asadi, translated by Lida Nosrati
Domestic Monsters by Fereshteh Ahmadi, translated by Caroline Croskery
Circling that Heavily-Burdened Tale by Mohammad Hosseini, translated by Alireza Abiz Vii
The Neighbor by Amirhossein Khorshidfar, translated by Poupeh Missaghi
The Last Night by Atoosa Afshin Navid, translated by Susan Niazi
About the authors
About the translators

Reviews

Kathryn Tann wrote for The Manchester Review, that "it would be easy to expect these stories to be filled with tumultuous history and politics of the place, but in fact, it is full of people. Complicated, emotional, often familiar people". Rosie Milne wrote for Asian Review of Books that "fiction exploring the interior life of contemporary Iranians is not well represented in translations readily available in the West. The Book of Tehran aims to begin to redress the shortage."

References

1 2 3 Press, Comma. "The Book of Tehran - A City in Short Fiction | Comma Press". commapress.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
↑ Review, The Manchester (2020-04-09). "The Book of Tehran | edited by Fereshteh Ahmadi | reviewed by Kathryn Tann". The Manchester Review. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
↑ Milne, Rosie (2019-06-04). ""The Book of Tehran: A City in Short Fiction", edited by Fereshteh Ahmadi". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-09-08.

External links

In the Light Being Cast from the Kitchen (full text)

[:8-1] 1 2 3 Press, Comma. "The Book of Tehran - A City in Short Fiction | Comma Press". commapress.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-08.

[2] Review, The Manchester (2020-04-09). "The Book of Tehran | edited by Fereshteh Ahmadi | reviewed by Kathryn Tann". The Manchester Review. Retrieved 2026-09-08.

[3] Milne, Rosie (2019-06-04). ""The Book of Tehran: A City in Short Fiction", edited by Fereshteh Ahmadi". Asian Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-09-08.