On the run to Sammara: novel - Softcover

Rahmani, Iraj

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491287306 ISBN 13: 9781491287309

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

"On the Run to Samarra" is a multi-layered narrative, dealing with the question of the past, the past that "is not even past," and with the question of death. Kaveh, the main character and the narrator of the text, inherits his late father's journal, before fleeing the atrocities of post-1979 Iranian Revolution. He settles in Canada. In the new land, in his Samarra, he tries to reconstruct the past in the attempt to free himself from its gripping power, and to escape his inevitable fate but...

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About the Author:

Iraj Rahmani was born and educated in Iran, where he completed his Master’s Degree, and taught at the Kerman University, Iran, but he was soon in danger because of his democratic activism. In 1983 he left his country, and arrived in Montreal, Canada. In 1985 he graduated from McGill University in Library & Information Science, and worked as a librarian with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for many years. At the same time, Rahmani pursued his real passion: creative writing. He has published eight books, including poetry, short fiction and four novels. In addition, he has also written essays and translated Canadian short stories and plays from French and English to Persian, which have been published in Persian magazines and internet sites. Iraj is a member of PEN Canada. His books include: Aghayeh Saad! Aghayeh Saad! (Mr. Saad! Mr. Saad!), short stories,1992 Darya dar Mosht (Sea in fist), novel,1994 Bar sagheyeh Hanooz (on the stem of always), poetry, 1995 Etefagh Ontorke Neveshteh Mishavad Mioftad (The Incident Happens As Written), novel, 2001 Osameh, yek bediheh nevisi (Osama, an improvisation), novel, 2003

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1491287306
• ISBN 13: 9781491287309
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350