Welcome To The Office of New Student Experience
2009-2010
Book
"Journey
from the Land of No"
by Roya Hakakian
"In Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian
recalls her childhood and adolescence in prerevolutionary
Iran with candor and verve. The result is a beautifully
written coming-of-age story about one deeply intelligent and
perceptive girl’s attempt to find an authentic voice of her
own at a time of cultural closing and repression.
Remarkably, she manages to re-create a time and place
dominated by religious fanaticism, violence, and fear with
an open heart and often with great humor.
A wonderfully evocative story, Journey from the Land of No
reveals an Iran most readers have not encountered and marks
the debut of a stunning new talent."
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