56 Degrees

56 Degrees A Dystopian Novel by Hossein Noushazar ISBN: 9781997503163 One Hundred and Thirty Years After the 1979 Revolution, Iran is scorched under the 56-degree heat of the desert, ravaged by global warming, desertification, and water tensions. The narrator and Homa, a curious couple from Berkeley, step into this devastated land in search of lost cultural roots. From the dreamlike Esfahan to Ashtian, a utopia full of flaws, they are confronted with fundamental questions: What is identity? What does mourning mean? What is the value of life? Could the mythical stream of the Zagros mountains offer a glimmer of hope for life’s rebirth?