Solacers

Solacers is a 2012 memoir[1][2] written by Iranian-American[3][4] author Arion Golmakani.[5] 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.[1][6]

Solacers
First edition cover
AuthorArion Golmakani
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherRedCornPoppy Books
Publication date
2012
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint paperback Digital eBook
Pages297 pp
ISBN978-0-615-44526-7 (Paperback edition) ISBN 978-0-615-48042-8 (eBook edition)
LC ClassLCCN: 2012903463

Awards

2012 Finalist Nonfiction, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing- Stanford University Libraries.[7][1]

Other Editions

In 2013 Solacers was translated into Persian as Alireza and German as Beraubte Wut.

References

  1. Solacers: a memoir. Red Poppy Corn Books. 2011. ISBN 978-0-615-44526-7 via Stanford Libraries.
  2. HAVEN, CYNTHIA (August 1, 2012). "Authors Daniel Orozco, Elisabeth Tova Bailey win Stanford's 2012 Saroyan Prize for Writing". Google Docs. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. "Arion Golmakani". Authors. Tantor Media. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  4. Ackland, Karen (July 20, 2011). "Review of Solacers". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. پیام, امیر (December 2014). "چمدان: 'پدرم مادرم را به داخل کانال پرت کرد'". BBC Persian (in Persian). Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. "Review of Arion Golmakani's SOLACERS". ANTHONY R. CARDNO. June 12, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. "Winners and finalists 2012". William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Stanford University. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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