Censoring An Iranian Love Story: A novel - Softcover

Mandanipour, Shahriar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349121451 ISBN 13: 9780349121451

Publisher: Abacus, 2011

Synopsis

Truly original, CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY is an incredibly imaginative yet always charming love story set in contemporary Iran that crackles with wit, verve and social comment: Sara falls in love with Dara through secret messages hidden in code in the pages of books that have been outlawed, but then something quite extraordinary and unexpected happens. Through adeptly handled asides to the reader, as well as anecdotes, codes and metaphors, and cheeky references to the wonderfully rich Iranian literary heritage, the novel builds to offer a revealing yet often playful and hopeful comment on the pressures of writing within the tightly prescribed Islamic regime, pressures that naturally are heightened where affairs of the heart are concerned.

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Review:

** 'Censoring an Iranian Love Story is intriguing even before its first page . . . An absorbing and unique novel with a depth of feeling for words and stories in Iran (The Scotsman)

** 'A playful tale . . . Censoring an Iranian Love Story is a brilliant novel about the complexities of writing and publishing in Iran (Guardian)

** 'The absurdities of life in the Islamic Republic of Iran provide frequent moment of hilarity - typical of political satires in the tradition of Milan Kundera . . . Censoring an Iranian Love Story in both context and style gives us a timely glimpse of the complex and infuriatingly paradoxical society that is today's Iran . . . Mandanipour has the potential to create a genre of Persian literature that could breach the gap in literary sensibilities that separates readers from vastly different traditions (Irish Times)

** 'A marvellous tale . . . This is a writer intoxicated with the possibilities of language, and his timely, well-translated book is about a potent love affair, not only with women, but also with words (New Statesman)

Book Description:

* An exciting novel that easily bears comparison to Milan Kundera's early writing.
* A wonderfully accessible literary novel, that draws on Iran's rich literary heritage but which always remains engaging and very readable.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0349121451
• ISBN 13: 9780349121451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304