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Called 'taboo-breaking... revolutionary" by RFE/RL, Stockholm Syndrome is one of the most controversial books to emerge from Tajik society in recent years. The story of a young woman's struggle to choose between her career and motherhood, the novella shocked this traditional and conservative society. A remembrance of childhood and rumination upon challenges present and future, Nazarova's work explores themes of immigration, identity and mental imbalance. Acclaimed as 'ahead of its time' by Persian reviewers, Stockholm Syndrome is an emotional tour de force.
Winner of the Best Female Author award at the Eurasian Literary Book Festival, Nazarova has been featured in BBC Persian's "100 Most Influential Women." Brought to international recognition by her novels Registan and Motherland - 'one of the highest picks of prose in Tajik literature, ' - she is also the founder of Chashme Del, the first television programme in Samarkand to be broadcast in the Tajik language.
An avid campaigner against all forms of censorship, Nazarova has worked at newspapers in Samarkand and for the BBC Persian Service. Resident in Holland for the past eleven years, she is currently editor for the Central Asian and Afghanistan regions at Radio Zamaneh.