Books
Nov 16-20, 1998 / Aban 25-29, 1377
Book of the week
* Poetry: Nizami's
Layla and Majnun
Past picks
* Novel: A Persian Requiem
* Food: Ancient Persian
and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies
* Novel: Scent of
Saffron
* Poetry: Hafez, Philosopher of Love
* Sadegh Hedayat: Blind Owl
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Deer Table Legs
Poems by Katayoon Zandvakili
The University of Georgia Press, 1998
Zandvakili lives in Piedmont, California, and writes for Publishers
Weekly. Her poems have appeared in The Massachusetts Review,
Five Fingers Review, Hawai'i Review, and the anthology A
World Betwee: Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans.
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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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