Darznik, Jasmin

Historical fiction readers will treasure this engaging story peppered with notable figures from Lange’s circle of friends, including D. H. Lawrence, Ansel Adams, Maynard Dixon, and Frida Kahlo. Darznik (Song of a Captive Bird) deftly depicts Lange’s transformation into a renowned photographer, as well as the blatant prejudice that Caroline encounters because of her Chinese lineage.

As a child growing up in 1940s Tehran, Forugh Farrokhzad is repeatedly told that she is expected to become a submissive wife who stays out of the public eye...

The result is spectacular testimony—further heightened by Marnò's vividly resonant narration—to a creative force whose searing voice has survived censorship, bans, and too-early death. ["Readers can't seem to get enough of fictional biography, and this first novel from…Darznik is a poignant, mesmerizing addition to the genre": LJ 12/17 starred review of the Ballantine hc.]

Readers can't seem to get enough of fictional biography, and this first novel from Iranian American memoirist, professor, and essayist Darznik is a poignant, mesmerizing addition to the genre. [See Prepub Alert, 8/28/17.]