The Nights Are Quiet In Tehran has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026.
31 March, 2026
The Nights Are Quiet In Tehran shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
Author Shida Bazyar and translator are shortlisted for the pretigious prize which regconises significant works of literature in translation, along with five other titles.
The prize will be announced at a ceremony at the Tate Modern in London on Tuesday 19 May.
Huge congratulations to both Shida and Ruth!
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The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family’s flight from and return to Iran.
1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid.
1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.
1999. Laleh returns to Iran with her mother, Nahid. Between beauty rituals and family secrets, she gets to know a Tehran that hardly matches her childhood memories.
2009. Laleh’s brother Mo is more concerned with a friend’s heartbreak than with student demonstrations in Germany. But then the Green Revolution breaks out in Iran and turns the world upside down …
A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
