The selection includes the books “The Marvelous Zippy Whiz Cub Academy,” “The Stars Laugh in Blue,” “A Sun in the Turkmen Sahra,” “The Wandering Coffin,” and “Siyagalesh, the Forest Guardian.” In a ...

A village man living in the Turkmen Sahra of Iran makes the periodic trip to his aging parent's house, bringing them food and checking on them. They reside alone in the region's barren hinterland, ...