Sarwar Joanroy was born in Slemani, Kurdistan (Northern-Iraq) in 1962. He’s been living in the Netherlands since 1989. He lives in Groningen, where he works as a psychiatrist. Yaad, the girl with no history is his debut.
It’s 1987. Namo, the politically active bookseller, is preparing to save his marriage after his wife left to stay at her mum’s after an argument. Nazdar is at home, preparing for her wedding which will be taking place in her home village the next day. Friba, the pregnant Peshmerga, is on her way...
