Books
Nov 9-13, 1998 / Aban 18-22, 1377
Book of the week
* Novel: A Persian Requiem
Past picks
* Food: Ancient
Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
* Novel: Scent of
Saffron
* Poetry: Hafez, Philosopher of Love
* Sadegh Hedayat: Blind Owl
* Romance: Nizami's
Layla and Majnun
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A Persian Requiem
By Simin Daneshvar
Translated by Roxane Zand
The first published novel by an Iranian woman and one of the most widely
read novels in Iran.
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New Food of Life:
Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
By Najmieh Khalili Batmanglij
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Scent of Saffron:
Three Generations of an Iranian Family
By Rouhi Shafii
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The Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez : Teachings of the Philosopher
of Love
Translated by Haleh Pourafzal, Roger Montgomery
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Blind Owl
By Sadegh Hedayat
Translated by D. P. Costello
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Nizami's Layla and Majnun
Translated by Colin Turner
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Xenophon's Imperial Fiction : On the Education of Cyrus
Translated by James Tatum
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