Download or read book Stories from Persia written by Sadegh Hedayat and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persia (today Iran) is an age-old territory with an ancient culture. Ferdowsi (940-1020AD), the Persian poet who narrates the history of Iran in his masterwork Shahnameh begins with the story of Keumars, who he proclaims to be the first man. According to Shahnameh, Keumars's grandson Hushang discovered fire and founded the Persian festival of Sadeh in its honor. Indeed, Ferdowsi relates the history of mankind in a manner unbeknown to the western public. After poets such as Ferdowsi, Saadi and Khayyam, Persian literature never stopped to thrive and has known no stagnation ever since. It has continued to evolve through centuries of prosper and refinement. Stories from Persia is written by several prominent contemporary Iranian authors, including Sadegh Hedayat (known best in the West for his famous novel The Blind Owl) and Sadegh Chubak. The original title of the book in Persian is The Sea of Gems (1959) edited by Dr. Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi (1914-1986). The 24 stories are diverse and entertaining. They cover a variety of different genres such as women's fiction, historical fiction, animal fables, magical realism, and romance. They illuminate many murky corners of the Iranian culture.
Download or read book Afsaneh written by Kaveh Basmenji and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether negotiating often-treacherous paths through political and religious upheavals or threading their way through dreams and fantasies, the characters in these stories are vivid and compelling enough to challenge and surprise anyone unfamiliar with Iranian life and literature. From the oppressive atmosphere before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Simin Daneshvar's Whom Shall I Greet? to Shahrnoosh Parsipour's mesmerising story of women who blur distinctions between reality and dreams in Crystal Pendants, these tales brim with the inner lives, attitudes and outlooks of women in Iran. 'There is great talent in these stories as well as great courage.' -- Elaine Showalter, Literary Review
Download or read book Modern Persian Short Stories written by and published by Three Continents. This book was released on 1980 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 noveller af persiske forfattere.
Download or read book Stories from Iran written by Heshmat Moayyad and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of thirty-five Persian short stories by twenty-six of Iran's best known contemporary writers gives voice to the concerns, strivings, and visions of their generation. In styles ranging from the dark to the humorous, from the elegant to the poetic, these stories depict aspects of both traditional and modern life in Iran with its many religious, political, cultural and class tensions. The expanding role of women in Iranian society is attested to both by the large number of women writers included in the volume, and by the central role played by women in many of the stories. Written during the last 75 years and arranged in chronological order, these stories span a period in Iranian history from the Constitutional Revolution (1906-11) through the long reign of the Pahlavis (1925-79), the upheavals of the 1950s, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, to the present. Stories From Iran was selected, edited, and translated by scholars of Persian Literature at the University of Chicago. Accompanied by a complete glossary, author biographies and photos, it will give the reader an unmatched insight into Iranian life -- an insight that only true works of art can provide.
Download or read book Funny in Farsi written by Firoozeh Dumas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner! “Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America.”—San Francisco Chronicle In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father’s glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas’s wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot. In a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?—a complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?—an even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozeh’s parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they don’t get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi). Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughing—without an accent. Praise for Funny in Farsi “Heartfelt and hilarious—in any language.”—Glamour “A joyful success.”—Newsday “What’s charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It’s the brilliance of true sophistication at work.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures.”—The Providence Journal “A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love—of family, country, and heritage.”—Jimmy Carter “Delightfully refreshing.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “[Funny in Farsi] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American.”—San Jose Mercury News
Download or read book 100 Short Stories in Persian written by Reza Nazari and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for Persian lovers at the intermediate and advanced level, this book offers 100 fun, interesting, and appealing short stories. The stories motivate you to enjoy reading enthusiastically. 100 Short Stories in Persian contains simple yet entertaining stories to help you improve your Persian reading and writing skills by covering a diverse range of grammar structures and vocabulary. Reading short stories is probably the best way for most Persian lovers to improve their Persian conveniently. If you're learning Persian and love reading, this is the book you need to take your Persian to the next level. This book comes with a Persian and English glossary, so you can find the meaning of keywords in stories. Get this book now and start learning Persian the fun way!
Download or read book 123 Short Stories Persian written by Miss Nadia Alfred and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful collection and selection of short stories for children.
Download or read book Persian Girls written by Nahid Rachlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, heartache prevented Nahid Rachlin from turning her sharp novelist's eye inward: to tell the story of how her own life diverged from that of her closest confidante and beloved sister, Pari. Growing up in Iran, both refused to accept traditional Muslim mores, and dreamed of careers in literature and on the stage. Their lives changed abruptly when Pari was coerced by their father into marrying a wealthy and cruel suitor. Nahid narrowly avoided a similar fate, and instead negotiated with him to pursue her studies in America. When Nahid received the unsettling and mysterious news that Pari had died after falling down a flight of stairs, she traveled back to Iran--now under the Islamic regime--to find out what happened to her truest friend, confront her past, and evaluate what the future holds for the heartbroken in a tale of crushing sorrow, sisterhood, and ultimately, hope.
Download or read book World Between Poems Short Stories and Essays By Iranian Americans written by Persis M Karim and published by George Braziller Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. This collection is the first published anthology of writings by Iranian immigrants and first generation Iranian Americans. Wide ranging and deeply personal, these pieces explore the Iranian community's continuing struggle to understand what it means to be Iranian in America. The selections come together to present a rich, humanizing portrait of a growing community Americans tend to view negatively. Many are intimate reflections on the pain of being alienated from the language, history, and geography of one's childhood. Others grapple with the complexities of cultural and personal identity. Iranian Americans, like any other immigrant community, must face the ongoing negotiation between past and present, their native home and their adopted home. A World Between gives voice to their unique and moving stories.
Download or read book The Legend of the Persian Carpet written by Tomie DePaola and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomie dePaola matches his storytelling talent with the richly patterned artwork of Claire Ewart to provide a tale that brings magnificent detail and feeling to this Middle Eastern fable of loss overcome by art. Full color.
Download or read book The Ugly Duckling written by Reza Nazari and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PERFECT book for building vocabulary and teaching key words and phrases in Farsi and English! This cuddly and colored story book presents important early concepts in both Farsi and English. With this series of entertaining books, children will have a lot of fun learning most common Farsi words and phrases. This must-have for little learners is the ideal source for learning new words and phrases in Farsi. With the text in Farsi and English, this series of storybooks for children offer an ideal first step in learning Farsi. It will be easy and enjoyable for your kid to review Farsi words and phrases with this series of colored books, which present many words and useful phrases in a great story. This book will increase your kid's vocabulary by using repeated words and phrases in the context. Kids will enjoy this entertaining and easy way to learn Farsi! May your child learn to love reading in Farsi and make it a lifelong habit. Age Level: 2 years and older. Published By: www.LearnPersianOnline.com
Download or read book Persian Myths Tales written by and published by Flame Tree Collections. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shah Nameh (The Book of Kings), The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan (The Flower Garden) are amongst the greatest works of Persia, containing some of the most beautiful, rich and diverse language in the literary world. They rival Dante's Divine Comedy, India's Mahabharata, Sumeria's Epic of Gilgamesh and China's Dream of Red Mansions in their cultural impact, bringing to life the tales, myths and philosophy of ancient and high-medieval Persia. A fabulous concoction of verse and prose, these classical Persian texts offer stories of creation, love, conquest and the simple joy of life. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.
Download or read book Modern Persian Short Stories written by Minoo S. Southgate and published by Three Continents. This book was released on 1980 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 noveller af persiske forfattere
Download or read book 600 Short Stories Farsi written by Miss Firdos Jamal and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 600 Beautiful short stories in Persian language.
Download or read book 250 Short Stories Persian written by Miss Saima Naqvi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful stories for children.
Download or read book Shades of Truth written by Manijeh Mannani and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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