The Nights Are Quiet in TehranA captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran. The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran begins in 1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. In 1989, Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young