{"product_id":"the-small-ones-a-novel-by-nazanine-hozar","title":"The Small Ones: A Novel by Nazanine Hozar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-0-panel-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 GILLER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Small Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterfully written, harrowing novel about the child martyrs used as front-line shields in the Iran-Iraq War—'us warrior children, us children of God,’ as our narrator tells us. A wondrous literary novel about a dark moment in history.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Irving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Small Ones\u003c\/i\u003e, Nazanine Hozar crafts a gripping fable about children who are caught up in a military insurgence along the Iran–Iraq border in the early 1980s (based on the real-life conflict of that time) and forced to become soldiers and martyrs. This ragtag group of boys and one small girl create a little family of their own even as they yearn to return to their lost homes and safety.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eT\u003ci\u003ehe Small Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is at heart about fathers and sons—unreliable father figures in the repressive Iran of Hozar’s telling whose personal quests for power lead to pain and bloodshed. It is also a tale about what it takes to not only survive but end such wars. The story centres on narrator Amir and his best friend Clay, who appears to be both a human boy and a creature of myth. With them, we embark on a full-circle journey, following the ancient river Karun along the borderland until freedom is in reach, but at a terrible cost.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary novel that takes us unflinchingly into a storm of deadly conflict through the eyes of its youngest participants, \u003ci\u003eThe Small Ones\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing look at cycles of coercion, bloodshed and war, and the cost of escaping them for the hope of a better life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAWARDS\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e• 2026 Scotiabank Giller Prize long-listed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e• 2026 Giller Prize long-listed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44366434041943,"sku":"9780735280892","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/6488\/2007\/files\/m_136dcba4-75c9-4490-91e6-129f3dc98960.jpg?v=1790677512","url":"https:\/\/nottawacottagebookstore.ca\/products\/the-small-ones-a-novel-by-nazanine-hozar","provider":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}