Originally published in the Persian language as
Payiz fasl-e akhar-e sal ast by Nasim Marashi.
Copyright © 2014, Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House, Tehran, Iran
English edition published by arrangement with Ponte33, Firenze, Italy.
English translation copyright © 2021 by Poupeh Missaghi
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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mar’ashī, Nasīm, 1984-, author. | Missaghi, Poupeh, translator.
Title: I’ll be strong for you : a novel / Nasim Marashi ; translated from the Persian by Poupeh Missaghi.
Description: Originally published in the Persian language as Payiz fasl-e akhar-e sal ast. | New York, NY: Astra House, A Division of Astra Publishing House, 2021.
Identifiers: ISBN 978-1-6626-0036-4 (hardcover) | 978-1-6626-0037-1 (ebook) | 978-1-6626-0038-8 (trade audio) | 978-1-6626-0041-8 (library audio)
Subjects: LCSH Women—Iran—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Persian fiction—Women authors—Translations into English. | Persian fiction—20th century—Translations into English. | BISAC FICTION / Cultural Heritage | FICTION / Contemporary Women
Classification: LCC PK6562.23.A737213 I55 2021 | DDC 891.553—dc23
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