Author: Simin Daneshvar
Publisher: Mage Publishers
Keywords: persian, classics, iran, modern, novel, savushun
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1991-09-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0934211310
ISBN-13: 9780934211314

â??A very engaging saga...â?? â??Washington Post Book World â??A powerfully resonant work...â?? â??Publishers Weekly â??Outstanding foreign fiction...â?? â??USA Today Savushun (pronounced â??sa-voo-shoonâ??) is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an undateable pre-islamic past, that conjures hope in spite of everything. The novel chronicles the life of a Persian family during the World War II Allied occupation of Iran. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-islamic monuments, the great Persian poets, the shrines, sufis