The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani

Most compelling? Which did you find the most perplexing?

Narrator's life with her mother, her father, her uncle, herįriend, and her husband, to name a few all bringing out different sides of the narrator.

The Blood of Flowers explores many different relationships in the.

Own experience or from other comingof-age novels you have In what ways is thisĪ familiar story? In what ways does this story differ from your Reclaiming her life and coming into her own. Very foreign to most readers, it is a universal story about a girl

Though The Blood of Flowers is set in a time and place that may be.

Your understanding of the book and of Iranian culture as a whole?

Why do you think the author chose to include a number of Iranian tales throughout the novel? What did these stories add to.

Know the narrator's name? What effect did the ano nymity have on you as a reader? Does it matter whether or not

The author decided to leave the narrator anonymous, as is the.

Period in history, as opposed to a nonfiction historical account? Today? What do you think you gain from reading a novel about a

How much did you know about Iranian history and culture before reading this book? Did anything in the story strike you asĬompletely unlike or surprisingly reminiscent of our lives.

Striking or unusual about the way the story unfolds? Did it remind you of anything you have read before? You think this style brings to the novel? Did you find anything Terms of both the narrator and the story itself?

What is the significance of the novel's.

The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani