These stories not only portray, with incomparable perception, humor, and compassion, women from the various strata of Iranian society, but they also capture the essence of a rich traditional culture undergoing change. A nanny lets go of a little girl's hand in Shiraz's exotic and crowded Vakil Bazaar, and goes off to flirt with the nutseller--the child is lost. In The Accident, the author portrays, in hilarious parody, a young woman who forsakes husband, children, and home just to own a car. The Playhouse is a traditional Persian theater where the play and the players act on many levels both real and fantastic. The Traitor's Intrigue lets you into the life of a middle-class couple and brilliantly shows how a colonel's allegiance passed from Shah to Khomeini. To Whom Can I Say Hello? tells of an old woman's memories, her life, love, tragic outcome, and eventual hope. Loss of Jalal is a moving chronicle of the final days of Jalal Al-e Ahmad, one of Iran's great writers and the author's husband. Simin Daneshvar draws from over a thousand years of Persian storytelling tradition and combines this with modern techniques of short fiction and cinema. The result is both entertaining and a key of uncompromising honesty, rich detail, and a dazzling range of voices that guides the reader into the center of a complex society and its concerns.
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Hardback Editions
October 1989 : Hardback
| Title: Daneshvar's Playhouse: A Collection of Stories Author(s): Simin Danishvar, Simin Daneshvar ISBN: 0-934211-19-1 / 978-0-934211-19-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Mage Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Daneshvar's Playhouse: A Collection of Stories Author(s): Simin, Daneshvar ISBN: 1-933823-19-4 / 9781933823195 (USA edition) Publisher: Mage Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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