Description |
1 online resource (99 pages) |
Summary |
"These haunting stories beautifully evoke the oppressive lives of modern women in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Anis, a computer programmer, is at the end of her rope, putting up with the bullying criticism of a no-good, unemployed lout of a husband; Azar is a young divorcee, and the only person she can talk to is Reza; but she can see him only late at night when "they" are not around; Sharmin has Down's syndrome and hopelessly loves Azad; he loves Kazhal, beautiful and blessed; but Kazhal is married off and is divorced at twenty and now awaits a hopeless future ... For these and other characters the weight of traditional attitudes, the harassment of the religious establishment make for a frustrating, confining, and sometimes unlivable existence"--Pub. info. |
Contents |
Fountain -- Wind through my hair -- A rier of milk and honey -- I am one of them -- Glass slipppers -- Silk shawl -- Just like googoosh. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Iran -- 21st century -- Fiction.
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Muslim women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
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Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Iran -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Muslim women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01031015
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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Iran. (OCoLC)fst01204889
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Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Other Form: |
Print version: Homa, Ava. Echoes from the other land. Toronto : TSAR Publications, ©2010 9781894770644 (DLC) 2010673942 (OCoLC)662578503 |
ISBN |
9781894770774 (electronic bk.) |
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1894770773 (electronic bk.) |
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