The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) - Softcover

Shusha Guppy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850434018 ISBN 13: 9781850434016

Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

Long before the momentous Iranian Revolution of 1979, which placed the country under strict religious rule, Shusha Guppy grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic society and the transforming forces of westernisation. In this eloquent memoir, she recreates the lost world of her childhood before the oil boom and the eventual overthrow of the Shah. Her magical tales about relatives and friends, music and drama, religious holidays and celebrations are interwoven with myth and legend, poetry and anecdote and provide a rare and optimistic portrayal of Iran. This is an enlightening and moving testimony of a vanished world: a story as vibrant as Iran itself.

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The Blindfold Horse Long before the momentous Iranian Revolution of 1979, which placed the country under strict religious rule, the author grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic society and the transforming forces of westernisation. This title recreates the lost world of her childhood before the oil boom and the overthrow of the Shah. Full description

Review:

'Guppy s memoir of life in Iran before the Ayatollahs is exquisite. It conveys a sense of the country and its customs, which reveal better than most documents, the nature of the crisis which Iran is still enduring.' --William Shawcross, Sunday Times

'One of the best books of the 20th century... Stands comparison with 'Out of Africa'.' --John Train, author and co-founder of the Paris Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1850434018
• ISBN 13: 9781850434016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256