The Blood Of Flowers (pre-owned)

Price:  20 AED
Condition: Used – Good
ISBN: 9780755334216

Sensuous and transporting... filled with the colours, tastes and fragrances of life in 17th century Isfahan.

Amirrezvani clearly knows and loves the ways of old Iran, and brings them to life with the cadences of a skilled story-spinner' Geraldine Brooks THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS is a mesmerizing historical novel about a young Iranian woman whose destiny changes on the sudden death of her father.

Forced to leave their village, the woman and her mother travel to the beautiful city of Isfahan, where they are taken in by an uncle, a wealthy carpet designer, and his unsympathetic wife.

When an ill-considered action results in the heroine's fall from grace, she is forced into an extraordinary secret marriage.