{"product_id":"birds-in-a-gale-paperback","title":"Birds in a Gale - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAta Nahai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChiya Parvizpur\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eHourieh Maleki Qouzloo\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA kaleidoscopic novel of politics, identity, and dislocation in the wake of the Islamic Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome years after the overthrow of the Shah, Mehraban has returned to Iran after a period of wandering and exile to write the story of a famed Kurdish revolutionary named Farhad. Guided by our unnamed narrator, Mehraban pursues his story and its mysterious living-dead subject, learning that he and Farhad share bittersweet memories of lost love amid fractured historical nightmares. Trapped in consciousness, trapped by mortality, trapped in a world that is not and cannot be comprehended, \u003ci\u003eBirds in a Gale\u003c\/i\u003e turns in on itself, entangling Mehraban's and Farhad's once-separate identities irrevocably before rejecting the objective altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2002, \u003ci\u003eBirds in a Gale\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, psychological, and deeply political effort by one of Kurdistan's best-loved writers to restore the Kurds to their rightful place in the history of the revolution. This inventive metatext, lucidly translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, is reminiscent of the best of George Saunders and Elias Khoury, and an instant classic of twenty-first-century world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAta Nahai\u003c\/b\u003e is a Kurdish novelist and short story writer who writes in Sorani Kurdish. His writing has been translated into Persian, Arabic, Kurmanji, and English. He has been awarded the Aras Prize for Kurdish literature and the Ahmad Hardi Prize for Creativity in Sulaymaniyah. The Persian translations of \u003ci\u003eBirds in a Gale\u003c\/i\u003e and his latest novel, \u003ci\u003eDealing Helaleh's Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e, won the prestigious Mehregan Prize for Best Novel of the Year in Iran in consecutive years.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChiya Parvizpur\u003c\/b\u003e is a Kurdish writer and translator working in both Kurdish and English. His English work has been published by Transnational London Press, Whisper House Press, Henar Press, and Common Notions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHourieh Maleki Qouzloo\u003c\/b\u003e is a Kurdish writer, translator, and researcher with over two decades of teaching experience across language and literature. She is currently pursuing research on cultural hybridity in migration literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.35 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44841677324390,"sku":"9781945335457","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/HnNZ5VGwl79781945335457.webp?v=1772575521","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/birds-in-a-gale-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}