Ohne Abschied

by Maryam Sachs

An Iranian exile in Paris, Roxane works in a bookshop and is married to the man she fell in love with when she was twelve-years old. Although her husband is often away on business and she longs for the smells and tastes of her home in Tehran, Roxane is never lonely. She lives in the company of books and her own vivid imagination. One evening at a local restaurant, she catches sight of a young man with blue eyes. Immediately, everything else in her life falls away. Normally timid and withdrawn, Roxane finds herself brazenly following him through the streets of Paris. While he lights a cigarette on a street corner and she gathers courage to speak with him, something happens that will change both their lives forever...

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008