Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans
I love classic books, as I've already said in other posts. At the same time, I know that there are a ton of incredibly good works of literature that never quite make the hit list.
This book was co-edited by one of my professors in college, Persis Karim, who has become my friend as well. She's a mover and a shaker, and I didn't even know she had been involved in this book when we met. She was already on to other things.
Someone else bought it for me as a present.
It's an anthology, so you can open it up to anywhere and just read for a little bit. Some of the pieces are a little hard to understand.
But some of them grab me by the throat, they are so beautiful and evocative of things I don't understand. Some of them make me gasp and cry.
I'm really glad I have this book. I think I will eventually read everything in it. It wouldn't be somehting I want to just sit down and read straight through. It's too strong for that.
Article comments
1 - san
You might find this interesting: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. It's about a women's reading group in Iran, reading books banned in that country.
2 - Mmmmurphy
It's so funny you should mention it, San!
The class I was taking from Persis when we met was a course on banned books. We DID read Lolita, as a matter of fact.
that books sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.
3 - san
It's just out in softcover. Should be readily available at Borders, Amazon, et al. It's in my to-be-read stack, which is about 80 books high right now.