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- Location(s): Tehran
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1950s
1953, Tehran. Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the local stationery shop run by Mr. Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of writing paper, also carries translations...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1930s
Growing up in near-poverty and denied a formal education, Freya Stark had nurtured a fascination for the Middle East since reading Arabian Nights as a child. But it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she was able...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Iran is probably the most misunderstood country in the world, and its people are among the most feared. Award-winning travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): Contemporary
A modern literary masterpiece, Women Without Men creates an evocative and powerfully drawn allegory of life in contemporary Iran. Internationally acclaimed writer Shahrnush Parsipur follows the interwoven destinies of five women including a prostitute, a wealthy middle-aged housewife and...
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