Ali Hosseini is the author of the novel The Lemon Grove (Northwestern, 2012). The Place of Stones (Sangriz) and two short-story collections were published in Iran, and his short fiction has appeared in Persian in the United States in PAR Monthly and Persian Book Review. His work in English has been published in Epoch, StoryQuarterly, Guernica, Tweed's, Fiction International, American Letters & Commentary, and elsewhere. He lives in the Boston area.
"Hosseini... offers a powerful look at how outside forces shape
rural life. The novel provides a rich sense of time and place, and
a recently vanished lifestyle." --Publishers Weekly "Hosseini's
storytelling magically weaves together the lives of his characters
pre- and post-revolution, leaving readers in no doubt that
something is lost when the march toward modernization benefits a
privileged few at the expense of the masses." --Shelf Awareness,
Starred Review
"In evocative and rich language, we are informed about the customs
of village life: weddings, mourning, burials, and religious
ritual--some of which are now only a memory--and the caring and
callousness of people. Hosseini ushers us into the internal worlds
of these young men and women of the village and reminds us of the
terrible challenges, choices, and suffering many of them
experienced in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. The Place of Stones will
be outstanding reading for anyone who hopes to enter the worlds of
non-elite, non-urban Iranians." --Mary Elaine Hegland, author of
Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village "In this
striking and mournful novel, there is a strong sense of deep-rooted
family histories and traditions being scattered to the wind as the
characters experience little reprieve in the face of forces beyond
their control." --Chicago Review of Books
"This is a careful portrait of a land and a people ravaged by war.
Hosseini provides a voice for those people who never make the news
reports or the history books--the common people for whom the land
is sacred. This is a story of the Middle East that we don't get
from the headlines, but it is also a novel with a significant story
to tell." --Lee Martin, author of The Bright Forever and Late One
Night "Ali Hosseini has done western audiences a huge service by
offering an Iranian perspective to age-old conundrums such as
industrialization, war, and religion... Hosseini's prose is light
but impactful, painting pictures in a deft style and allowing
readers to perceive places that are not in front of them." --New
York Journal of Books
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