Women Without Men

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026<BR><BR>The internationally acclaimed masterpiece from one of Iran's most influential writers - a powerful and essential tale of female freedom <BR><BR>'The best feminist novel I know. It's thrilling, beautiful and hilarious' Johanne Lykke Holm<BR>'A courageous, talented woman, and above all, a great writer' Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis <BR><BR>Women Without Men traces the interwoven destinies of five women - including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a sex worker and a schoolteacher - as they arrive by different paths to live together in an abundant garden on the outskirts of Tehran.<BR><BR>Drawing on elements of Islamic mysticism and recent Iranian history, this unforgettable novel depicts women escaping the narrow confines of family and society, and imagines their future living in a world without men.<BR><BR>Translated from Persian by Faridoun Farrokh