ARGONAUT BOOKS

National Book Award LonglistPublishers Weekly "Best Books of the Year" selectionLibrary Journal "Best Books of the Year" selectionWorld Literature Today "Notable Translations of the Year" selection"Mandanipour served as a frontline officer in the Iran-Iraq war: a writer's baptism of fire whose flames light up several stories here. . . . Seasons of Purgatory unites storytelling subtlety with scenes of visceral emotional impact." -Wall Street Journal"A hauntingly nuanced and provocatively impressive collection." -World Literature Today"Cause for celebration. . . . Mandanipour provides readers wi...Read More