Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America - Hardcover

Dumas, Firoozeh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400060400 ISBN 13: 9781400060405

Publisher: Villard Books, 2003

Synopsis

An affectionate autobiography of growing up as an Iranian-American describes the author's family's 1971 move from Iran to Southern California, the engaging members of her diverse family, and their struggle with culture shock, including the mysteries of American English and American traditions. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"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"
"Heartfelt and hilarious--in any language."
--"Glamour"
"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"
"A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage."
-Jimmy Carter

About the Author:

Firoozeh Dumas graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She lives with her husband and children in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Villard Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1400060400
• ISBN 13: 9781400060405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 187