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Thought to be the first novel published by a Iranian woman, this tells of the impact of the British army of occupation on a small Persian town in the 1940s. Events are seen through the eyes of a woman who, untypically for the time and place, begins to question her own position and expectations.
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Educated in Iran she won a Fulbright scholarship to Stanford University. Married to a major Iranian intellectual who founded the Writers' Association of Iran, which she supported after his early death. She provided moral support for those opposing the Shah, but retired from public life after the revolution in 1979.
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A Persian requiem : a novel / by Simin Daneshvar ; translated by Roxane Zand
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London : Halban, 1991
ISBN 10: 1870015401
ISBN 13: 9781870015400
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 279 p. : map ; 24 cm. Notes: Map on lining papers. Translation of Sa?vushu?n. Subjects: Persian fiction 20th century Translations into English; Persian fiction. 1 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 412414
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A Persian Requiem Book by Simin Daneshvar
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1991, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> A Persian Requiem, first published in Iran in 1969 under the title Savushun, was the first novel written by an Iranian woman. The source describes it as the most widely read Persian novel, noting that it had been reprinted sixteen times and sold half a million copies. In Iran, the book helped shape a generation?s ideas and attitudes by revealing factors that contributed to the Islamic Revolution of 1979.The novel is by Simin Daneshvar, who was born in Shiraz in 1921 and studied at Tehran University, later earning her doctorate there. She began writing fiction while working in journalism and went on to become an associate professor of art history at the university. After her husband, writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad, died in 1969, Daneshvar took a leading role in the Writers? Association and supported intellectuals opposing the Shah?s regime. She retired from her university post after the 1979 Revolution. (SP). Artikel-Nr. Batch-FM795-VG-15673
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A PERSIAN REQUIEM
Verlag:
Peter Halban, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 1870015401
ISBN 13: 9781870015400
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Hardcover. 8vo. pp vi, [i], 279. White dust jacket with colour decoration. Publisher's red buckram lettered in gilt at spine. First edition of this translation.ISBN: 1870015401 Very good indeed, with light dints at top and base of spine. In very good dust jacket with faint yellowing at top edge and light wear. Artikel-Nr. C62168
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