Decades before the Iranian revolution of 1979, which placed the country under a repressive religious rule, Shusha Guppy grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic life and the transforming forces of westernization. In this eloquent memoir, Guppy recreates the lost world of her childhood before the oil boom and the eventual overthrow of the Shah. Her lively tales about relatives, friends, music, drama, religious holidays, and celebrations bring to life a vanished society caught between the oppressive but stable strictures of the past and the unsettling freedoms of the future.
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About the Author:
Shusha Guppy is a journalist and musician.
Review:
Praise for previous editions:
"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
"A rare and unusual book, which tells a rare and unusual story, and tells it with trues feeling."--Anita Brookner
"A gifted weaver of tales with an artist's eye for sketching characters in context, Guppy evokes the magic, cultural traditions and social fabric of her growing-up years, which were greatly affected by both Reza Shah's efforts to westernize Persia in the 1920s..."--Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherTauris Parke Paperbacks
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1850434018
- ISBN 13 9781850434016
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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