Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran - Softcover

Parsipur, Shahrnush

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558614524 ISBN 13: 9781558614529

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2004

Synopsis

Shortly after the 1989 publication of Women Without Men in her native Iran, Shahrnush Parsipur was arrested and jailed for her frank and defiant portrayal of women’s sexuality. Now banned in Iran, this small masterpiece was eventually translated into several languages and introduces U.S. readers to the work of a brilliant Persian writer. With a tone that is stark, and bold, Women Without Men creates an evocative allegory of life for contemporary Iranian women. In the interwoven -destinies of five women, simple situations—such as walking down a road or leaving the house—become, in the tumult of post-WW II Iran, horrific and defiant as women escape the narrow confines of family and society—only to face daunting new challenges.

Now in political exile, Shahrnush Parsipur lives in the Bay Area. She is the author of several short story collections including Touba and the Meaning of Night.

About this title

About the Author:

Shahrnush Parsipur was born in Iran in 1946. While incarcerated by the Islamic Republic in the 1970s she wrote the first part of her masterpiece Touba and the Meaning of Night. Parsipur now lives and writes in exile in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1994 she was recognized by the Fund for Free Expression of Human Rights Watch--Lillian

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

About this edition

• Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1558614524
• ISBN 13: 9781558614529
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 192