Persian Girls
A Memoir
$53.55
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
27 December 2007
Summary
For many years, heartache prevented Nahid Rachlin from turning her sharp novelist’s eye inward- to tell the story of how her own life diverged from that of her closest confidante and beloved sister, Pari. Growing up in Iran, both refused to accept traditional Muslim mores, and dreamed of careers in literature and on the stage. Their lives changed abruptly when Pari was coerced by their father into marrying a wealthy and cruel suitor. Nahid narrowly avoided a similar fate, and instead negotiat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781585426232 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1585426237 |
| Author: | Nahid Rachlin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Jeremy P Tarcher |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 152mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Nahid Rachlin
Nahid Rachlin is the author of the critically acclaimed novelsJumping Over Fire, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger,andThe Heart’s Desire, as well as a collection of short stories,Veils. A graduate of Columbia University and Stanford University, she taught at Yale, Barnard College, and the New School for more than ten years. Her short stories have appeared in more than 50 newspapers and magazines, been translated into several languages, and won many honors, among them the Grace Paley Prize, Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize, and the Teichmann Fiction Prize.
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