To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America - Hardcover

Bahrampour, Tara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374287678 ISBN 13: 9780374287672

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999

Synopsis

The daughter of an Iranian father and an American mother describes growing up in two countries

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Review:

"Sometimes painful, sometimes soothing in its honesty about a family uprooted."--the "Portland Oregonian

From the Publisher:

Praise for Tara Bahrampour's TO SEE AND SEE AGAIN:
"A memoir becomes rich indeed when it not only leads us through a life but also enhances our understanding of the cultural, political and social character of the world influencing that life. To our benefit, TO SEE AND SEE AGAIN does this with elegance." -- Susanne Pari, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"Bahrampour’s memoir is magical and moving; you can almost taste the sweetfigs and smell the rich spices and see the magnificent mountains of the land she still loves." -- Susie Linfield, L.A. TIMES

"A profound reflection on the immigrant journey, TO SEE AND SEE AGAIN is also a veiled and subtle defense of a place and a people that Americans have vilified for so long . . . Bahrampour writes with great insight of what the revolution has done to her country, but also of what it has done for it." -- Geraldine Brooks, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"A spry, well-written memoir." -- Nina Mehta, NEWSDAY

"A fascinating and beautifully-written memoir . . . TO SEE AND SEE AGAIN is a meditation upon the sometimes irresistible pull of family and the sometimes unbridgeable chasm between cultures, and finally an eloquent testimony to the resiliency and decency of a people who, in American memory, are more often associated with unpleasant memories of hostages and religious repression." -- Bill Marvel, THE AMERICAN WAY

"A delightful memoir that reads like a cross-cultural novel of manners . . . We are richer for having read her story." -- Claudia Pearce, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

"A complex new memoir about growing up in two very different cultures . . . Bahrampour writes with candor and compassion. Her jewel-like vignettes illuminate the coming of age of both a girl and a revolution." -- Barbara Lloyd McMichael, THE SEATTLE TIMES

"Bahrampour’s journey to integrate the disparate and often conflicting parts of her self is beautifully rendered." -- Alyssa Gabbay, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0374287678
• ISBN 13: 9780374287672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 361