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From 10th-century epics to 21st-century graphic novels, the author picks the books that best illuminate a country too little known in the west.

Kamin Mohammadi was born in Iran in 1969 and exiled to the UK in 1979. She is a journalist, travel writer and broadcaster and co-authored The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran. She is currently living in Italy. The Cypress Tree is her first book, telling the story of 20th-century Iran through three generations of Iranian women – Kamin, her mother and her grandmother