The Legend Of Tehdrin
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The Book Of Tehran
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Author : Fereshteh Ahmadi
language : en
Publisher: Comma Press
Release Date : 2019-04-25
The Book Of Tehran written by Fereshteh Ahmadi and has been published by Comma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-25 with Fiction categories.
A city of stories – short, fragmented, amorphous, and at times contradictory – Tehran is an impossible tale to tell. For the capital city of one of the most powerful nations in the Middle East, its literary output is rarely acknowledged in the West. This unique celebration of its writing brings together ten stories exploring the tensions and pressures that make the city what it is: tensions between the public and the private, pressures from without – judgemental neighbours, the expectations of religion and society – and from within – family feuds, thwarted ambitions, destructive relationships. The psychological impact of these pressures manifests in different ways: a man wakes up to find a stranger relaxing in his living room and starts to wonder if this is his house at all; a struggling writer decides only when his girlfriend breaks his heart will his work have depth... In all cases, coping with these pressures leads us, the readers, into an unexpected trove of cultural treasures – like the burglar, in one story, descending into the basement of a mysterious antique collector’s house – treasures of which we, in the West, are almost wholly ignorant. Translated by: Sara Khalili, Sholeh Wolpé, Alireza Abiz, Caroline Croskery, Farzaneh Doosti, Shahab Vaezzadeh, Niloufar Talebi, Lida Nosrati, Susan Niazi and Poupeh Missaghi. Foreword by Orkideh Behrouzan. Developed in partnership with Visiting Arts. 'The aesthetic sensibility of Iranian culture appears, to the West, as mainly pre-modern, if not actually anti-modern... The fiction showcased in The Book of Tehran is a welcome corrective to this tendency... These stories feel decidedly contemporary in style and subject matter alike, with their protagonists' inner lives and interpersonal relationships at the fore.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Fiction exploring the interior life of contemporary Iranians is not well represented in translations readily available in the West. The Book of Tehran aims to begin to redress the shortage...' - Asian Review of Books
The Immortals Of Tehran
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Author : Ali Araghi
language : en
Publisher: Melville House
Release Date : 2020-04-07
The Immortals Of Tehran written by Ali Araghi and has been published by Melville House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Fiction categories.
“A highly recommended literary page-turner worth a second reading; fans of Gabriel García Márquez will delight in this fantastical—and fantastic novel.”—Library Journal, starred review "Impactful . . . Araghi’s skillful combination of revolutionary politics and magical realism will please fans of Alejo Carpentier."—Publishers Weekly A sweeping, multigenerational epic, this stunning debut heralds the arrival of a unique new literary voice. As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing word. On the day of his father's death, Ahmad listens closely as the seemingly immortal elder tells him the tale of a centuries-old family curse . . . and the boy's own fated role in the story. Ahmad grows up to suspect that something must be interfering with his family, as he struggles to hold them together through decades of famine, loss, and political turmoil in Iran. As the world transforms around him, each turn of Ahmad's life is a surprise: from street brawler, to father of two unusually gifted daughters; from radical poet, to politician with a target on his back. These lives, and the many unforgettable stories alongside his, converge and catch fire at the center of the Revolution. Exploring the brutality of history while conjuring the astonishment of magical realism, The Immortals of Tehran is a novel about the incantatory power of words and the revolutionary sparks of love, family, and poetry--set against the indifferent, relentless march of time.
The Nights Of Tehran
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Author : Ghazālah ʻAlīzādah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
The Nights Of Tehran written by Ghazālah ʻAlīzādah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Iran categories.
""The Nights of Tehran" is a story that takes place in the 1960s and 1970s, the years that led to the uprisings and tumult that toppled the monarchical regime and ended in the 1978-79 Islamic Revolution and the establishment of a theocracy in Iran. It is a story about the young people in those decades, the story of a generation, Alizadeh's own generation, which she called an idealistic generation of dreamers who believed in patriotism, freedom, justice, culture, and beauty. But it was also a "lost generation." "The Nights of Tehran" is also the story of Iran's capital city itself, albeit a Tehran that is schizophrenic. North Tehran, where much of the story takes place, is an affluent modern city with luxurious homes and gardens, whereas south Tehran, where a significant portion of the novel occurs, is poverty-stricken with dusty, windy, narrow alleyways and old dilapidated houses and flophouses. Alizadeh's Tehran is an imagined city, a construct of the creative mind of the writer. However, many readers who have lived or visited the Iranian capital city at that time will find the same city reflected in this novel"--
Iran The Untold Story
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Author : Muḥammad Ḥasanayn Haykal
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 1982
Iran The Untold Story written by Muḥammad Ḥasanayn Haykal and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Iran categories.
Prisoner Of Tehran
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Author : Marina Nemat
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-05-06
Prisoner Of Tehran written by Marina Nemat 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 2008-05-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Follows the author's tragic childhood in 1980s Iran, which was shaped by war, the Khomeini regime, and her work as a teen anti-propaganda activist, efforts for which she was brutally beaten and sentenced to death before a guard offered to save her and protect her family if she would convert to Islam and marry him. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
The Stationery Shop
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Author : Marjan Kamali
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-06-18
The Stationery Shop written by Marjan Kamali 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 2019-06-18 with Fiction categories.
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?
Tehran At Twilight
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Author : Salar Abdoh
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Tehran At Twilight written by Salar Abdoh and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Fiction categories.
An Iranian American returns home to help a friend and finds his life in danger: “Remarkable . . . a smart, eloquent novel.” —Dalia Sofer, author of The Septembers of Shiraz The year is 2008. Reza Malek’s life is modest but manageable—he lives in a small apartment in Harlem, teaches at a local university, and is relieved to be far from the blood and turmoil of Iraq and Afghanistan, where he worked as a reporter, interpreter, and sometimes lover for a superstar journalist who has long since moved on to more remarkable men. But after a terse phone call from his best friend in Iran, Reza reluctantly returns to Tehran. Once there, he finds far more than he bargained for: the city is on the edge of revolution; his friend is embroiled with Shia militants; and his missing mother, who was alleged to have run off before the revolution, is alive and well—while his own life is now in danger. Against a backdrop of corrupt clerics, shady fixers, political repression, and the ever-present threat of violence, this novel offers a telling glimpse into contemporary Tehran, and spins a riveting morality tale of identity and exile, the bonds of friendship, and the limits of loyalty. “[A] swift, hard-boiled novel . . . Shadowy zealots exist everywhere, whether in conference rooms or interrogation rooms or—most often—in rooms that can serve as both.” —TheNew York Times Book Review “A gripping portrait of a nation awash in violence and crippled by corruption.” —Publishers Weekly “A smart political thriller.” —Laila Lalami, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Moor’s Account “Gives readers a visceral sense of life in a country where repression is the norm . . . Recommended for espionage aficionados and for readers who enjoy international settings.” —Library Journal “A fascinating glimpse of contemporary Iran through the familiar story of childhood friends whose paths are beginning to diverge irreversibly.” —Shelf Awareness
From Paris To Tehran The Forgotten King
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Author : Ozias Marcovici
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-08
From Paris To Tehran The Forgotten King written by Ozias Marcovici and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with categories.
The Persian Empire until modern-day Iran - turbulence, intrigue, zealousness, allure! This is the "story" of Iran, a tumultuous country that has been reassessing its values for several decades. Its historic truths and legends have fascinated all, from the most powerful empire of the Orient under Cyrus II (559-529 BC); to the "forgotten" king, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, an enlightened, Western-friendly dictator (1935); to Ayatollah Khomeini, hermetically ensconced in tradition (from 1980). How did that loathsome despot, Ayatolla Khomeini, swoop in and seize power? At a time when tolerance and authentic values are most needed, the book elaborates the moral portrait of the Ayatollah, which seems to encompass every known defect: hypocrite, liar, demagogue, vile manipulator of the poor, odious criminal, and shrewd politician rather than religious man. Welcomed as a magical, mysterious savior after a "historic flight" from Paris to Tehran, he became an absolute dictator. The book brings to light incontrovertible facts bearing on the future of mankind. Scroll up now to get your copy of From Paris to Tehran - The "Forgotten" King!
My Life As A Traitor
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Author : Zarah Ghahramani
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-12-17
My Life As A Traitor written by Zarah Ghahramani and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
It was part youthful zeal and part teen crush that led Zarah Ghahramani to join a student protest movement. But dabbling in student politics was to lead to disaster when one day she was bundled into a car and taken to Tehran's most notorious prison: Evin. Far from her comfortable middle-class home, Zarah had to find refuge from her ruthless interrogators in a windowless concrete cell. Day after day she was humiliated and viciously beaten until all she wanted was simply to die, her spirit broken. In My Life as a Traitor, Zarah tells the story of her horrifying ordeal and her eventual release, and describes the ways it changed the naïve nineteen-year-old she once was into a woman of courage and determination.
Persian Legends
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Author : Mehry M. Reid
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-10-25
Persian Legends written by Mehry M. Reid and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-25 with Fiction categories.
Persian folklore has been handed down from generation to generation for centuries in an effort to understand the past and pass on valuable lessons. Mehry M. Reid remembers sitting next to her grandmother, as she relayed captivating stories adapted to express her own feelings, hopes, and desires. These stories, which her grandmother first heard from her own mother and grandmother, began Reid’s fascination with the Persian legends and folktales that she has selected and reinterpreted in Persian Legends. As Reid transports readers of all ages on an unforgettable journey through ancient Persia, she highlights an eclectic group of characters comprised of people, animals, and objects that trace historical events, share legends most favored in Persian culture, and offer tales that convey their meanings in simple, often humorous ways. Take a walk with Princess Mina in the rose garden; listen to the king’s storyteller; travel to the mountain of the forty virgins; discover the charm of the red diamond; and go to the crystal cave and drink from the wish fountain. Persian Legends: A Book of 101 Stories shares a memorable collection of legends and tales that provides a glimpse into Persian history, helps others appreciate ancient tales, and most importantly, preserves the legacy of folk literature for future generations.