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The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories
Goli Taraghi
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Description for The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons: Selected Stories
Paperback. "Carries the flavor of the old world, its underlying ferocity leavened by a lyrical mysticism.. Her prose is transcendent."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Rich in characters both whimsical and deeply poignant, humorous and real, the stories of Goli Taraghi have made her one of the world’s most beloved contemporary writers from Iran. Drawing on childhood experiences in the old-money neighbourhood of Shemiran in Tehran and, later, adult exile in Paris and return to Tehran after the Revolution, Taraghi captures universal experiences of love, loss, alienation and belonging—all with an irresistible sense of life’s absurdities.
In the title story, a woman travelling from Tehran to Paris helps an old woman—the Pomegranate Lady—find her way to her fugitive sons in Sweden. In "The Gentleman Thief", ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393350234
SKU
V9780393350234
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About Goli Taraghi
Goli Taraghi was born in Tehran in 1939. She has been honored as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France, and her work has been widely anthologized, including in Reza Aslan’s Tablet and Pen. She lives in Paris.
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"Carries the flavor of the old world..."
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