Women Without Men : a Novel of Modern Iran
(2012)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2012
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781558617599 MWT12285812, 1558617590 12285812
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
This modern literary masterpiece follows the interwoven destinies of five women including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a prostitute, and a schoolteacher as they arrive by different paths to live together in an abundant garden on the outskirts of Tehran. Drawing on elements of Islamic mysticism and recent Iranian history, this unforgettable novel depicts women escaping the narrow confines of family and society, and imagines their future living in a world without men
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