Thus Speaks Mother Simorq (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781525528156)

In this collection of short stories, we follow a Persian mythological bird woman, Mother Simorq, who appears in many stories as a wise woman or a nanny. We read about teenage girls experiencing their coming of age within authoritarian or male-dominated environments and one little girl facing questions of life and death. We enter the world of a woman who transgresses oppressive social norms to be free and the nightmare of another one who has to commit murder to save her children. We see how women lost their power in human society as we read about a handful of symbolic characters interacting in a magical land. Finally, we revisit Sudaba, a mythical queen, as a contemporary Iranian woman in Canada, who loves her step-son like a traditional mother and pays heavily for her son-worshiping complex.

Author: Azadeh Azad
ISBN-10: 1525528157
ISBN-13: 9781525528156
Publisher: FriesenPress
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2018
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 08/28/2018