Seasons of Purgatory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781942658955)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST

The first English-language story collection from "one of Iran's most important living fiction writers" (Guardian), "a playful, whip-smart literary conjuror: a Kundera or Rushdie of post-Khomeini Iran" (Wall Street Journal)

In Seasons of Purgatory, the fantastical and the visceral merge in tales of tender desire and collective violence, the boredom and brutality of war, and the clash of modern urban life and rural traditions. Mandanipour, banned from publication in his native Iran, vividly renders the individual consciousness in extremis from a variety of perspectives: young and old, man and woman, conscript and prisoner. While delivering a ferocious social critique, these stories are steeped in the poetry and stark beauty of an ancient land and culture.

Author: Shahriar Mandanipour
ISBN-10: 1942658958
ISBN-13: 9781942658955
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Language: English
Published: 01/25/2022
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2021 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 11/15/2021
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2021
Foreword 12/27/2021
Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 134