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Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Nominee for Nonfiction (2012), فینالیست بهترین کتاب سال دانشگاه استنفورد آمریکا

Solacers

Arion Golmakani

Paperback | Pages: 297 pages

Rating: 4.2 | 375 Users | 41 Reviews

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Title	:	Solacers
Author	:	Arion Golmakani
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 297 pages
Published	:	2012 by Red Corn Poppy Books
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Iran

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Finalist Best Nonfiction-Stanford University Libraries- William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

Solacers tells the touching story of a 5-year old child’s search for family life and safety following the divorce of his parents in Iran during the 1960’s. The first child of a heartless father and a discarded mother is left to fend for himself on the streets of Mashhad, seeking food and shelter wherever he can. His lonely early years are an unbelievable tale of cruelty and betrayal on the part of nearly everyone who might be expected to help, save for one aunt who does her best to keep him from starving.

But living a harsh and solitary existence has one advantage for this little boy: other than forcing him to be self-reliant, no one attempts to indoctrinate him on rural Iranian society's archaic cultural values and religious beliefs. And so he never accepts his wretched state as fate, choosing instead to dream big dreams about getting an education, having his own family, and starting a new life – possibly in the faraway land called America. He makes a plan and by the age of 17 he boards a plane to the land of possibilities, where his dreams eventually also take flight.

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Ratings: 4.2 From 375 Users | 41 Reviews

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I can never figure out how to write a review without being a spoiler. True, this book pulled me though to the end. True, it tugged at my heart strings. Also true that I had some problems with the connecting, then disconnecting of some of the main characters in this book. I found some behaviors just so bad. But it is another culture, and it did help me understand that.

A beautiful read. I liked that it didn't offer any "solution" or justification for the characters' behaviour. Everybody is fallible and weak, and there is nothing much to do about that. A sad read, but leaves you wonder.

I thought it was a really good book, I was not able to stop reading after I started.

In 1960s staunchly patriarchal Iran, there is only one thing worse than having a dead father, having an alive father who refuses to support you. At the tender age of 5, after his mother remarries and gives birth to his stepfather's first child, young Alireza is expelled from his mother's home and given over to an abusive father who does not want him, for the simple reason that his father refuses to pay Child Support. What follows are 12 years of bouncing between foster families and mostly

I won this book from the first reads giveaways and I am so excited to read it. Thank you.

"Solacers" is a big look into a largely unknown culture from the point of view of one of the unprivileged inside it. I was touched by the matter of fact way in which the story was told, not only because of the bad times our young protagonist goes through, but also because of the way in which he decides to thank every single person that helped him along the way.The writing itself would have benefited from a more exhaustive editing work. Even though the language is very good, the long sentences

AwesomeMy friends and I read this book will to everyone and their families and mine a great time because we took turns like I read a page and lilly and Owen take turns to reading together