by Gina B. Nahai · Ediciones El Andén · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492475131
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«Medianoche en la Avenida de la Fe» is the novel by Gina B. Nahai, published by Ediciones El Andén in paperback (456 pages, in Spanish).
Roxanna, marked as a bringer of bad luck in the Jewish ghetto of Tehran, passes through the Iranian aristocracy, the brothels of Turkey, and exile in Los Angeles. Her daughter Lili recounts that one night, at age five, she saw her mother grow white wings and fly off from the balcony; for thirteen years she will search for her and wonder why she left.
Translation by María Mistral. The original title, 'Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith', was published in 1998.
For readers of magical realism and historical narrative about Iran and the Jewish diaspora; also suitable for reading clubs.
