Simin Daneshvar

• Oct-2022
• / Literary
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Twenty—six—year—old college graduate, artist, and employee of the Ministry of Art and Culture, Hasti Nourian aspires to be a new woman—independent—minded, strong—willed, and in control of her own destiny. A destiny that ...

• Jul-2012
• / General Fiction
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Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribe...

• Oct-2007
• / General Fiction
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Here are six stories by one of Iran's greatest contemporary writers, rare and intimate glimpses into the lives of ordinary Iranian men and women; windows into the Persian soul. From the delicately painted tragedy of Mehrangiz in A City Like Paradise ...

• Feb-2002
• / Historical
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Tribal leaders in opposition to the government, the corruption of occupation, society torn apart by shifting political loyalties... this is the background to one woman's powerful story. A Persian Requiem is a powerful and evocative novel. Set in ...

• Oct-2001
• / General Fiction
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a A very engaging saga...a a Washington Post Book World a A powerfully resonant work...a a Publishers Weekly a Outstanding foreign fiction...a a USA Today Savushun (pronounced a sa-voo-shoona ) is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an ...

• Sep-1989
• / General Fiction
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In this rich collection of short stories, Daneshvar captures the essence of a rich traditional culture undergoing change: A child lost in a bazaar, a young woman who forsakes her husband, children, and home just to own a car, a traditional theater wh...