TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the novel “Oh William!” written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Elizabeth Strout has been released in the bookstores across the country.

Pajand Soleymani has translated the book and Qoqnoos Publishing House has brought it out in 201 pages, Mehr reported.

Originally published in 2021, the novel focuses on a now successful, middle-aged writer, Lucy Barton, whose earlier life was at the center of Strout's novels “My Name Is Lucy Barton” (2016) and “Anything Is Possible” (2017).

It deals in particular with her relationship to her ex-husband, William, with whom she has two adult daughters. While he is now in his third marriage, Lucy has recently been widowed after a happy second marriage.

Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret—one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us. There are fears and insecurities, simple joys and acts of tenderness, and revelations about affairs and other spouses, parents, and their children. On every page of this exquisite novel, we learn more about the quiet forces that hold us together—even after we’ve grown apart.

At the heart of this story is the indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who offers a profound, lasting reflection on the very nature of existence.

The story of how these findings impact their later lives will be continued in the fourth novel in the series, “Lucy by the Sea” (2022).

The book was a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller. It was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.

Elizabeth Strout, 69, is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization.

Strout is the author of several novels, including “Abide with Me,” a national bestseller and BookSense pick, and “Amy and Isabelle,” which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in England.

In 2009, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book “Olive Kitteridge”. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker. She teaches at the Master of Fine Arts program at Queens University of Charlotte.

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