Shirin’s Times
• Author: Farhad Hasanzadeh
Publisher: Vida Publishing house
Published in 2013
This novel has been written based on an Iranian classical literary masterpiece, ‘Khosro and Shirin’, an epic poem recited by Nezami Ganjavi. Recreating this classical work, Hasanzadeh has tried to encourage the teens to read classical literary masterpieces. Shirin’s Times is indeed a novel but narrates an Iranian warrior’s love story in a simplified diction. It is the love story between Khosro, Shirin and Farhad, which is a very famous myth among Iranians.
This book has gained 5 turtles out of 6 in the Flying Turtles list. It was nominated for the Flying Turtles Award in 2015.