Books from Iran
66 popular iranian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Iran.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Persepolis 2 : The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi EN
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The fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, “one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day” (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of belonging. Finding that she misses her home ... 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
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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
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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi EN
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When a radical Islamist in Nafisi's English class at Tehran University questions her decision to teach 'The Great Gatsby', she decides to let him put Gatsby on trial. When she is fired for refusing to wear a veil, she resumes her classes at home with a small group of female students.
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Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji EN
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From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and coming of age in an Iran headed toward revolution. In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally vivid novel, Mahbod Seraji lays bare the beauty and brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming the human experiences we all share. In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the nex... continue
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Saddlebag : A Fable for Doubters and Seekers by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani EN
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A beautifully told, transcendent tale of truth, salvation, and the power of desire.
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The Blind Owl by Ṣādiq Hidāyat EN
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"A haunting tale of loss and spiritual degradation. Replete with potent symbolism and terrifying surrealistic imagery, Sadegh Hedayat's masterpiece details a young man's despair after losing a mysterious lover ... [as he] gradually drifts into frenzy and madness."--Back cover
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The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee EN
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A bestselling novel in Iran, despite being banned twice by the government, "The Book of Fate" follows a teenage girl in pre-revolutionary Iran through five turbulent decades, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic, and up to the present in this powerful story of friendship, passion, and hope. A teenager in pre-revolutionary Tehran, Massoumeh is an average girl, passionate about learning. On her way to school she meets a local man and falls in love, but when her family discover his letters they accuse her of bringing them dishonour. She is badly beaten by her brother, and... continue
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The Complete Persepolis : Volumes 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi EN
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A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP AS A GIL IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN, PERSEPOLISE PRIVIDES A UNIQUEGLIMPLSE INTO A NEARLY UNKNOWN AND UNREACHABLE WAY OF LIFE.