Christine Alexanians

TRANSPLANTED

A Journey of Enchantment and Disappointment



Nastia is a Russian peasant girl, sent to work for a noble family in Saint Petersburg. When her masters flee the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, Nastia returns to her village. She encounters danger and tragedy. She marries a peddler, Aliosha, and has two children before she discovers that her husband is not Russian, but a Persian. He takes her to Iran in 1920’s, to live with his Muslim family. She embarks on a journey of discovery, living the life of a foreign wife in a strange and unusual place. Every peaceful period in her life is followed by uncontrollable events which turn her world upside down. Her will to survive is a source of inspiration.

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