Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 290 pages : map ; 22 cm |
Summary |
Poet, adventurer, and unapologetic romantic Housden travels to Iran to learn about the people, the culture, and the art of this misunderstood land. |
Contents |
Writing Iran -- Leaving the known -- Paradise and poetry -- Talking stones -- Return to the source -- The blue dome -- Drink the wine -- More than one veil -- Christmas in Tehran -- One imam and three wise men -- The sorrow in Shiraz -- Razor's edge -- Politics as usual -- In Mesopotamia -- Return to beauty -- Interrogation, with room service. |
Subject |
Iran -- Description and travel.
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Housden, Roger -- Travel -- Iran.
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Americans -- Travel -- Iran.
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Iran -- Social life and customs.
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Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
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Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century.
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Iran -- Intellectual life.
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Iran -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780307587732 |
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0307587738 |
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