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'Shokoofeh Azar moved to Australia as a political refugee in 2010. Her novel The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, originally written in Farsi, was shortlisted for Australia's 2018 Stella Prize for Fiction and the 2020 International Booker Prize. Here she recalls her refugee journey from Iran to Christmas Island and reveals why Iranians continue migrating to Australia, despite the absence of war.' (Introduction)
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- The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree 2017 single work novel
- Christmas Island, Australian External Territories,
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