The Roses of Isfahan is a collection of Iranian-American short stories. The stories are fiction, although based on true histories, and written in a beautiful poetic fashion.
Included in the book are regional maps, art, illustrations, persian carpets and historic matter. It's obvious why this book won the 1998 National Press Club Award.
About the Author
Lailee Bakhtiar is an award winning author of 4 books. She is the host of an award winning national PBS literary book program, Authors and Critics. She has written over 100 articles for international magazines, including features on Arthur Ashe, LeRoy Neiman, Chris Evert, Becky London and others.
She is a graduate of of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC with a B.A. in French Literature, and the College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA with M.A.T. in French.
