Tales of Iran 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781785072802)

These captivating stories, by turn tragic and humorous, are about the lives of ordinary people in Tehran and in a remote, poverty-stricken village. A worn-out peasant, whose old mother is dying, snatches the only shabby ball from a small group of boys who play noisily in a dusty path outside his hovel, a henpecked man, bullied non-stop by his wife, falls in love with an attractive neighbour and disappears with her into the jungle of Tehran, a young woman, whose mother was murdered by her father when a small girl, finds happiness in a family, a young man retreats to his makeshift hut in the corner of a trash dump to read a book he has found somewhere, an old village headman searches endlessly to find out about his soldier son during Iran-Iraq war.

Author: Feridon Rashidi
ISBN-10: 1785072803
ISBN-13: 9781785072802
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2015
Pages: 66
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.16d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2015