Love and War in the Jewish Quarter

Name: Love and War in the Jewish Quarter
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Dora Levy Mossanen
ISBN: 9798765079126

Author: Dora Levy Mossanen

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/13/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

A breathtaking journey across Iran where war and superstition, jealousy and betrayal, and passion and loyalty rage behind the impenetrable walls of mansions and the crumbling houses of the Jewish Quarter.

Against the tumultuous background of World War II, Dr. Yaran will find himself caught in the thrall of the anti-Semitic Governor General, the most powerful man in the country. Dr. Yaran falls in love with the Governor General's defiant wife, Velvet, upending not only the life of the doctor's beloved daughter, but the entire community. In his quest to save everything and everyone he loves, Dr. Yaran will navigate the intersections of magic, science, lust, and treachery. His sole ally is the Governor General's servant, an exotic eunuch, who will do anything to aid his mistress in her dangerous quest to attain forbidden love.

About Dora Levy Mossanen

Dora Levy Mossanen is an internationally acclaimed bestselling novelist, a writer for Huffington Post, and book reviewer for the Jewish Journal. Born in Israel, Dora moved to Iran at the age of nine, and has lived in Los Angeles since the onset of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Her widely acclaimed novels Harem, Courtesan, The Last Romanov, and Scent of Butterflies have been translated into numerous languages and distributed worldwide.

She has been featured in various publications and media outlets, including Sh'ma, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, Lilith, Radio Iran, Radio Russia, JWT, and has appeared on numerous television programs. Her writings have been praised by many celebrated authors, among them: Amy Ephron, Steve Berry, Jonathan Kirsch, John Rechy, and Robin Maxwell, to name a few.

Reviews

Goodreads review by JoAnn

Set in Iran in the 1940s, Love and War in the Jewish Quarter captures Jewish life and culture as it existed in tense contest and precarious harmony with and within the majority, ruling Islamic community. On the fringes of World War II, but dangerously within the political reach of the Nazi regime an......more

Goodreads review by Shomeret

Love and War in the Jewish Quarter opens in Tehran in 1941. The main protagonist is a Jewish dentist who treats the Governor of Iran and his wife. The dentist, Dr. Soleiman Yoran, had introduced novocaine to Iran. He had brought his supply of novocaine from Paris where he went to dental school. We le......more

Goodreads review by JoAnn

Goodreads review by Sara

Originally reviewed for Chick Lit Central (www.chicklitcentral.com) Love and War in the Jewish Quarter is a unique and eye-opening experience. While I feel I’ve learned a lot about World War II, I haven’t seen much out there about the experiences a Jewish community goes through while trying to surviv......more