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Where the Roses Bleed
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Tehran, 1953. The air tastes of rust and rosewater.
In the alleys of the old bazaar, Ali Gol-Mikh Rostami-butcher, javanmard, and reluctant enforcer-keeps order with his blade and his code. But when the coup against Mossadegh shatters the nation, the streets he once ruled fall into the hands of a new generation: politicians in tailored suits and criminals who speak the language of contracts instead of honor.
Among them rises Reza Kolah-Makhmali Saljoughian, Ali's childhood brother turned rival, who learns to translate violence into paperwork and loyalty into currency. And there is Zahra Khatoon, the widow who becomes both the conscience and resistance of a city drowning in betrayal-her whispered pamphlets the only truth left unburned.
Years later, Ali's son Shahrokh returns from exile, fluent in French, capitalism, and quiet cruelty. He will inherit his father's shadow-and reshape Tehran's underworld into an empire of respectability built on forgotten blood.
Spanning from the famine of 1942 to the eve of revolution, Where the Roses Bleed is a Persian noir epic of loyalty, love, and loss in a world where morality costs more than life itself.
Blending the moral gravity of The Godfather, the mysticism of Attar, and the lyricism of Márquez, Soroosh Shahrivar crafts a modern Persian tragedy where love and violence share the same blade, and every act of mercy leaves a stain.
Evocative, poetic, and cinematic-this is the story of a nation's soul and the men and women who fought, quietly and brutally and beautifully, to keep it alive.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Literary historical fiction with noir sensibilities
- Multi-generational family sagas
- Persian culture, poetry, and philosophy
- Morally complex characters in impossible situations
- Political thrillers grounded in real history
- Atmospheric, lyrical prose
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