Books set in Iran (50)
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Layla and Majnun by Ganjavi Nizami, Niẓāmī Ganjavī EN
Country: Asia / 
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
The text is a prose rendition of Nizami's 12th-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover. For the Sufis, Majnun represents the perfect devotee of the "religion of the heart," and the story is an allegory of the soul's longing for God. This is a beautiful production, and it includes a final chapter newly translated from the Persian by Omid Safi and Zia Inayat Khan.
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Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi ES
IranDescription:
Cada jueves a la mañana a lo largo de dos años, Azar Nafisi, una valiente y brillante profesora iraní, reúne clandestinamente en el salón de su casa a siete de sus alumnas más aventajadas con el fin de leer libros prohibidos: obras de Jane Austen, Henry James, Scott Fitzgerald, y por supuesto, de Vladimir Nabokov, el autor de Lolita. Mientras las jóvenes poco a poco se expresan a través de los libros, se dan cuenta cómo sus propias vidas se van transformando y mezclando con la trama de las obras a las que se entregan.
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Leer Lolita en Teheran by Azar Nafisi ES
Description:
Leer Lolita en Teherán es, en el acto y en el título, una abierta manifestación de la libertad de la imaginación frente a las prohibiciones, políticas o de cualquier índole. También podría haberse llamado Leer Gatsby, o James, o incluso Austen, que son las partes en que se divide el libro (podría agregarse a Saúl Bellow).
Nafisi, es profesora de Literatura, y luego de su abandono de la Universidad, dictó durante dos años un taller para un grupo de jóvenes. El taller, y el libro dialogan con las obras li... continue
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Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season : Selected Poems by Forough Farrokhzad EN
Description:
A ravishing new translation of Iran's trailblazing, feminist poet in a comprehensive and indispensable collection
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Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian EN
Description:
Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time "A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves."--Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but ... continue
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Missing Soluch by Maḥmūd Dawlatʹābādī EN
Description:
A saga set in an isolated Iranian village, it concerns a family whose patriarch, Soluch, has recently disappeared, leaving his wife, two sons and one daughter desperate. The remaining family's struggle for survival runs smack up against a sinister plan from local wealthy landowners who are conspiring to usurp the remaining unclaimed land in the villagea̮ barren, intractable plot known as "God's Land" that has been traditionally tended by the poor.
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My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad EN
Description:
The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth century “God forbid, I’ve fallen in love with Layli!” So begins the farce of our narrator’s life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle Napoleon’s least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted. First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now “Suggested Reading” in Azar Nafisi’s Readin... continue
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi EN
Description:
BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. “A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests and disappearances.... A stark, shocking impact.” —The New York Times: "The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years" In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the coming-of-age story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regim... continue
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Persépolis intégrale by Marjane Satrapi FR
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Téhéran 1978 : Marjane, huit ans, songe à l'avenir et se rêve en prophète sauvant le monde. Traversant avec elle révolution, guerre, deuil, exil, mais aussi apprentissage de la vie, puberté, premières amours, nous la suivrons jusqu'à son départ définitif pour la France en 1994. Paru à l'origine entre 2000 et 2004 en 4 volumes, Persepolis est la première bande dessinée iranienne, l'autobiographie dessinée d'une orientale en exil. Depuis sa sortie, Persepolis a fait le tour du monde, est devenu un classique étudié dans les écoles et a fait l'objet d'une adaptation au cinéma de nombreuses fois ré... continue
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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi EN
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood. "[A] stunning look at the power of reading. ... Provokes and inspires at every turn." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Remarkable. ... Audacious." —The Progressive "Stunningly beautiful and perceptive." —Los Angeles Review of Books What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? Wh... continue