Caffè Babilonia
- 244pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Marsha Mehran Libri
11 novembre 1977 – 30 aprile 2014
La prima vita di Marsha Mehran fu segnata dalla fuga della sua famiglia dalla rivoluzione iraniana, che la portò a trascorrere l'infanzia negli Stati Uniti, in Australia e in Argentina. La gestione di un caffè mediorientale da parte dei suoi genitori in queste diverse località ha probabilmente infuso nella sua visione del mondo ricche prospettive culturali. Avendo vissuto sia a Brooklyn che in Irlanda, le sue esperienze hanno ulteriormente ampliato la sua comprensione di diverse società. Questo background unico informa la sua scrittura, offrendo ai lettori una voce narrativa distintiva.
More than a year has passed since Marjan, Bahar, and Layla, the beautiful Iranian Aminpour sisters, sought refuge in the quaint Irish town of Ballinacroagh. Opening the beguiling Babylon Café, they charmed the locals with their warm hearts and delectable Persian cuisine, bringing a saffron-scented spice to the once-sleepy village. But when a young woman with a dark secret literally washes up on Clew Bay Beach, the sisters’ world is once again turned upside down. With pale skin and webbed hands, the girl is otherworldly, but her wounds tell a more earthly (and graver) story–one that sends the strict Catholic town into an uproar. The Aminpours rally around the newcomer, but each sister must also contend with her own transformation–Marjan tests her feelings for love with a dashing writer, Bahar takes on a new spiritual commitment with the help of Father Mahoney, and Layla matures into a young woman when she and her boyfriend, Malachy, step up their hot and heavy relationship. Filled with mouthwatering recipes and enchanting details of life in Ireland, Rosewater and Soda Bread is infused with a lyrical warmth that radiates from the Aminpour family and their big-hearted Italian landlady, Estelle, to the whole of Ballinacroagh–and the world beyond.
