Books
Sept 8-11, 1998 / Shahrivar 17-20, 1377
Book of the week
* Rural: Children
of Deh Koh
Past picks
* Political poetry: Iraj Mirza
* Novel: Persian Brides
* Tourism: Iran:
A guide
* Rumi: The Love
Poems
* History: Four books about
Persepolis
* Women: The Persian
Pickle Club
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Children of Deh Koh : Young Life in an Iranian Village
By Erika Friedl
1997, Syracuse University Press
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The
Complete Poems of Iraj Mirza
From Iranbooks, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Persian Brides : A Novel
By Dorit Rabinyan, Yael Lotan
The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lowenthal: ...she writes
with the wise and leisurely assurance of a town bard recounting communal
myths. In this translation by Yael Lotan, Rabinyan's marvelously digressive
style and rich prose give the story the feel of a nightlong wedding feast.
Persian
Brides is an auspicious debut.
The New Yorker: The characters, comic, sodden, and sly, spill
out of this small book like clowns in a ragtag circus.
The San Francisco Chronicle, Sherri Hallgren: ...a dazzling and
assured first novel ... Persian
Brides at once demystifies and mesmerizes.
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Iran:
Tourist guide
Lonely Planet Iran (2nd Ed)
By Paul Greenway
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The
Love Poems of Rumi
Deepak Chopra (Editor), Fereydoun Kia (Translator)
Four books about Persepolis
Aramaic Ritual Texts from Persepolis
Raymond A. Bowman / Hardcover / Published 1970
Persepolis and Ancient Iran
Ursula Schneider / Paperback / Published 1976
Persepolis Fortification Tablets
(Oriental Institute Pubns, No 92)
Richard T. Hallock, Richard Halcock / Hardcover / Published 1969
Persepolis, Third : The Royal Tombs and Other Monuments
(Oriental Institute Pubns. Er. No.
Erich F. Schmidt / Hardcover / Published 1970
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The Persian Pickle Club
Magical, memorable novel explores the ties that unite women
By Sandra Dallas
St. Martin's Press; paperback (September 1996)
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harleyville, Kansas, where
crops are burning up and there's not a job to be found. For one young farm
wife, the highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle
Clubs (named after a favorite quilting pattern), a group of locals dedicated
to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their well-honed
quilting skills to good use. Film rights sold to Norman Twain Productions.
First serial to Good Housekeeping.
Available at Amazon.com
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