The Man Who Snapped His Fingers by Fariba Hachtroudi (Translated by Alison Anderson)
Publish Date ~ February 2nd 2016
The Man Who Snapped His Fingers is the debut novel in English by French-Iranian author Fariba Hachtroudi, winner of the 2001 French Human Rights Prize.
Hachtroudi left Iran with the 1979 Revolution and has since shown deep interest in religion and women’s rights. Her novel explores the effects of despotism in love and friendship.
A famous prisoner and a colonel meet years later in a faraway land. An outlandish and ambiguous relationship develops between them shared by their dark and violent past.
