The Book Of Tehran: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

By: Atoosa Afshin-Navid and Fereshteh Ahmadi and Kourosh Asadi and Azardokht Bahrami and Hamed Habibi and Mohammad Hosseini and Amir-Hossein Khorshidfar and Payam Nasser and Goli Taraghi and Mohammad Tolouei

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Synopsis: Foreword by Orkideh Behrouzan. A city of stories – short, fragmented, amorphous, and at times contradictory – Tehran is an impossible tale to tell. For the capital city of one of the most powerful nations in the Middle East, its literary output is rarely acknowledged in the West. This unique celebration of its writing brings together ten stories exploring the tensions and pressures that make the city what it is: tensions between the public and the private, pressures from without – judgemental neighbours, the expectations of religion and society – and from within – family feuds, thwarted ambitions, destructive relationships. The psychological impact of these pressures manifests in different ways: a man wakes up to find a stranger relaxing in his living room and starts to wonder if this is his house at all; a struggling writer decides only when his girlfriend breaks his heart will his work have depth... In all cases, coping with these pressures leads us, the readers, into an unexpected trove of cultural treasures – like the burglar, in one story, descending into the basement of a mysterious antique collector’s house – treasures of which we, in the West, are almost wholly ignorant. Translated by: Sara Khalili, Sholeh Wolpé, Alireza Abiz, Caroline Croskery, Farzaneh Doosti, Shahab Vaezzadeh, Niloufar Talebi, Lida Nosrati, Susan Niazi and Poupeh Missaghi. Developed in partnership with Visiting Arts.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781910974247
Related ISBNs:: 9781910974247
Publisher:: Comma Press
Date of Addition:: 06/05/20
Copyrighted By:: Comma Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Travel, Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Basma Ghalayini
Proofread By:: Basma Ghalayini
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.