Description
| Product ID: | 9781942658955 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Seasons of Purgatory |
| Authors: | Author: Shahriar Mandanipour, Sara Khalili |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | The first English-language story collection from "one of Iran's most important living fiction writers" (Guardian) 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Bellevue Literary Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bellevue Literary Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-10 |
