LEADER 00000cam 2200529Ka 4500 001 ocn795908241 003 OCoLC 005 20180130105755.3 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 120620s2010 onc o 000 j eng d 020 9781894770774|q(electronic bk.) 020 1894770773|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)795908241 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dYDXCP|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dOCLCO|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dCOCUF|dOCLCA 043 a-ir--- 049 GTKE 050 4 PR9199.4.H647|bE24 2010eb 055 10 PS8615 O486|bE35 2010 082 04 C813/.6|222 100 1 Homa, Ava. 245 10 Echoes from the other land :|bstories /|cAva Homa. 264 1 Toronto :|bTSAR Publications,|c[2010] 264 4 |c©2010 300 1 online resource (99 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 Fountain -- Wind through my hair -- A rier of milk and honey -- I am one of them -- Glass slipppers -- Silk shawl -- Just like googoosh. 520 0 "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. 588 0 Print version record. 648 7 2000-2099|2fast 650 0 Muslim women|zIran|xSocial conditions|vFiction. 650 0 Women|zIran|xSocial conditions|vFiction. 650 0 Man-woman relationships|zIran|vFiction. 650 7 FICTION|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 Man-woman relationships.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007080 650 7 Muslim women|xSocial conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01031015 650 7 Women|xSocial conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01176947 651 0 Iran|y21st century|vFiction. 651 7 Iran.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204889 655 7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHoma, Ava.|tEchoes from the other land. |dToronto : TSAR Publications, ©2010|z9781894770644|w(DLC) 2010673942|w(OCoLC)662578503 914 ocn795908241 994 92|bGTK
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