Author: Simin Daneshvar
Publisher: Mage Publisher
Keywords: persian, classics, iran, modern, novel, savushun
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1991-09-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0934211310
ISBN-13: 9780934211314

Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege and influence of foreign powers; corruption, incompetence and arrogance of persons in authority; the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship; tribalism; and the fear of famine. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife and mother, who copes with her idealistic and uncompromis