Please recommend to me novels set during the Iranian Revolution
January 11, 2015 6:54 PM Subscribe
Wikipedia only lists 4 novels set during the Iranian Revolution. Could you name some others?
The exact subject is not important, just that it's backdropped by the revolution. It is important that these books be novels and not non-fiction accounts. And not Persepolis. Thank you!
The exact subject is not important, just that it's backdropped by the revolution. It is important that these books be novels and not non-fiction accounts. And not Persepolis. Thank you!
"The Book of Fate" by Parinoush Saniee. I have no idea how good it is, but it's today's Daily Pick from Powell's Book Store in Portland, Oregon.
posted by kestralwing at 12:57 AM on January 12, 2015
posted by kestralwing at 12:57 AM on January 12, 2015
Mod note: A few comments deleted. Note that OP is specifying a) fiction, and b) "not Persepolis."
posted by taz (staff) at 3:45 AM on January 12, 2015
posted by taz (staff) at 3:45 AM on January 12, 2015
Gina Nahai's Caspian Rain is set just before the revolution, I think, and possibly a little bit during. (It's been a while since I read it.) Some of her earlier novels (especially Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith IIRC) might also be partly set in that period, but they jump around a lot between different eras. I'd say all her Iran novels are somewhat informed by the revolution as well as other, earlier historical events, so if that falls within the parameters of what you're looking for, you might be interested in those.
posted by DestinationUnknown at 3:57 AM on January 12, 2015
posted by DestinationUnknown at 3:57 AM on January 12, 2015
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