Song of a Captive Bird

Jasmin Darznik *07’s debut novel features Forugh Farrokhzad, an Iranian poet who defied Iranian society. In Song of a Captive Bird (Random House), Forugh, forced into a suffocating marriage, runs away to have an affair in order to achieve freedom and independence. Her poetry, considered scandalous and brilliant in turn, grows stronger in the midst of the Iranian revolution.