Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith
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Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith
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Author : Gina B. Nahai
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2000-02
Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith written by Gina B. Nahai and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02 with Fiction categories.
An epic tale blending Persian and Jewish cultures travels from Tehran's Jewish ghetto, through Turkish whorehouses, to Los Angeles as Lili, with the help of Aunt Miriam the Moon, searches for her magical mother Roxanna the Angel.
Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith
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Author : Gina B. Nahai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Moonlight On The Avenue Of Faith written by Gina B. Nahai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Mothers and daughters categories.
One star-studded night, five-year-old Lili witnesses her mother, Roxanna, sprout wings and vanish into the sky, undisturbed by the rules of gravity. Roxanna leaves no farewell, no word of explanation, no trace of her existence. Lili's subsequent search for her mother - spurred by the tireless efforts of her aunt Miriam the Moon - is at the heart of this mesmerising epic tale that follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the harsh Jewish ghetto of Tehran, through the opulent world of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and beyond, to present day Los Angeles. At stake are Roxanna's hopes for happiness, for escaping the bonds of Old World tradition and finding forgiveness for that most terrible of sins - desire. Weaving together strands of Persian and Jewish culture with heartbreaking, lyrical prose, Gina Nahai brings to life a courageous circle of women rooted in their homeland but trying to reshape their lives as exiles in a new world.
Sunday S Silence
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Author : Gina Barkhordar Nahai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-04
Sunday S Silence written by Gina Barkhordar Nahai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04 with Snake cults (Holiness churches) categories.
* From the author of the mesmerising MOONLIGHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH, long-listed for the Orange Prize, comes an unforgettable story about religious fervour and extreme love. After years reporting on the world's war-zones, Adam returns home to the wild Appalachian mountains of Kentucky to investigate the death of Little Sam Jenkins - evangelist, snake-handler, womaniser, and also his father. Ninety-year-old Little Sam was bitten by a snake his faith couldn't defeat, handed to him by one of his followers - a beautiful young Kurdish woman called Blue. With violet eyes, red-golden hair and a reputation for being immune from earthly harm, Blue has a magic of her own, brought from the tribe she left at thirteen, and unextinguished by America and the cool reason of her husband the Professor. Irresistibly, defiantly and fatally, she is drawn to the fervour of the Appalachian Holiness snake-handlers, and then to Adam. In Adam and Blue's fierce relationship, love collides with faith, and beauty is opposed to truth, in a conflict which could destroy or redeem them. Written in mesmerising prose, Gina Nahai's new novel spans two extraordinary cultures at different ends of the world, united on
Cry Of The Peacock
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Author : Gina B. Nahai
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2000-11
Cry Of The Peacock written by Gina B. Nahai and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11 with Fiction categories.
Peacock is jailed in Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. While in prison she recounts her remarkable 116 year life to her fellow inmates.
Gold By Moonlight
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Author : Amy Carmichael
language : en
Publisher: CLC Publications
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Gold By Moonlight written by Amy Carmichael and has been published by CLC Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Religion categories.
In this volume are sensitive lessons from a walk with pain. Amy Carmichael writes from experience with illness on how to follow God in the midst of struggle. However Gold by Moonlight is not for the ill only. Rather, it is for all who walk in difficult places or who are caught in any.
The Jews Of Iran
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Author : Houman M. Sarshar
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-17
The Jews Of Iran written by Houman M. Sarshar and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-17 with Social Science categories.
Living continuously in Iran for over 2700 years, Jews have played an integral role in the history of the country. Frequently understood as a passive minority group, and often marginalized by the Zoroastrian and succeeding Muslim hegemony, the Jews of Iran are instead portrayed in this book as having had an active role in the development of Iranian history, society, and culture. Examining ancient texts, objects, and art from a wide range of times and places throughout Iranian history, as well as the medieval trade routes along which these would have travelled, The Jews of Iran offers in-depth analysis of the material and visual culture of this community. Additionally, an exploration of more modern accounts of Jewish women's experiences sheds light on the social history and transformations of the Jews of Iran from the rule of Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE) to the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. This long view of the Jewish cultural influence on Iran's social, economic, and political development makes this book a unique contribution to the field of Judeo-Iranian studies and to the study of Iranian history.
The Literature Of The Iranian Diaspora
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Author : Sanaz Fotouhi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-04-03
The Literature Of The Iranian Diaspora written by Sanaz Fotouhi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-03 with History categories.
The 1979 Revolution in Iran caused the migration of millions of Iranians, many of whom wrote, and are still writing, of their experiences. Formed at the junctions of Iranian culture, English language and Western cultures, this body of work has not only formed a unique literary space, offering an insightful reflection of Iranian diasporic experiences and its shifting nature, but it has also been making a unique and understudied contribution to World Literatures in English as significant as Indian, African and Asian writing in English. Sanaz Fotouhi here traces the origins of the emerging body of diasporic Iranian literature in English, and uses these origins to examine the socio-political position and historical context from which they have emerged. Fotouhi brings together, introduces and analyses, for the first time, a significant range of diasporic Iranian writers alongside each other and alongside other diasporic literatures in English. While situating this body of work through existing theories such as postcolonialism, Fotouhi sheds new light on the role of Iranian literature and culture in Western literature by showing that these writings distinctively reflect experiences unique to the Iranian diaspora. Analysing the relationship between Iranians and their new surroundings, by drawing on theories of migration, narration and identity, Fotouhi examines how the literature borne out of the Iranian diaspora reconstructs, maintains and negotiates their Individual and communal identities and reflects today's socio-political realities. This book will be vital for researchers of Middle Eastern literature and its relationship with writings from the West, as well as those interested in the cultural history of the Middle East.
Sunday S Silence
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Author : Gina B. Nahai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-04-07
Sunday S Silence written by Gina B. Nahai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-07 with Snake cults (Holiness churches) categories.
After years reporting on the world's war-zones, Adam returns home to the wild Appalachian mountains of Kentucky to investigate the death of Little Sam Jenkins - evangelist, snake-handler, womaniser, and also his father. Ninety-year-old Little Sam was bitten by a snake his faith couldn't defeat, handed to him by one of his followers - a beautiful young Kurdish woman called Blue. With violet eyes, red-golden hair and a reputation for being immune from earthly harm, Blue has a magic of her own, brought from the tribe she left at thirteen, and unextinguished by America and the cool reason of her husband the Professor. Irresistibly, defiantly and fatally, she is drawn to the fervour of the Appalachian Holiness snake-handlers, and then to Adam. In Adam and Blue's fierce relationship, love collides with faith, and beauty is opposed to truth, in a conflict which could destroy or redeem them. Written in mesmerising prose, Gina Nahai's new novel spans two extraordinary cultures at different ends of the world, united only by the intensity of their beliefs and the charismatic people at their centre.
Utopia And Terror In Contemporary American Fiction
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Author : Judie Newman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-17
Utopia And Terror In Contemporary American Fiction written by Judie Newman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the possibility of terror — whether state or non-state, external or homegrown — shadows Utopian imaginings. Terror and Utopia are linked in fiction through the exploration of the commodification of affect, a phenomenon of a globalized world in which feelings are managed, homogenized across cultures, exaggerated, or expunged according to a dominant model. Narrative approaches to the terrorist offer a means to investigate the ways in which fiction can resist commodification of affect, and maintain a reasoned but imaginative vision of possibilities for human community. Newman explores topics such as the first American bestseller with a Muslim protagonist, the links between writer and terrorist, the work of Iranian-Jewish Americans, and the relation of race and religion to Utopian thought.
Moments Of Magical Realism In Us Ethnic Literatures
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Author : Lyn Di Iorio Sandín
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Moments Of Magical Realism In Us Ethnic Literatures written by Lyn Di Iorio Sandín and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories.