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Winter Sleep. A Novel

Translated from the Persian by Francine T. Mahak.

Goli Taraqqi

Series: Bibliotheca Iranica: Persian Fiction in Translation 2
Availability: In stock
Published: 1994
Page #: 102
Size: 5 x 7
ISBN: 0-939214-42-3


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Published in Persian in 1973 while the former Shah of Iran was still in power, the book illustrates the disorientation and "anomie" resulting from Iran's rapid and disruptive modernization process, and delves into the individual psyche of the average urban Iranian of the 1960's. The novel in essence shows how the individual's maturation process is sabotaged when one loses the support of one's traditional values and cultural heritage, in an excessively rapid transition to "modern" lifestyles.

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Goli Taraqqi

Goli Taraqqi [Taraghi] was born in Tehran in 1939. She began her writing career with a collection of short stories entitled "I Am Che Guevara Too" in 1969. Her first novel, "Winter Sleep," was published in 1973 and has been translated into English and French. Her most recent books are "Scattered Memories," "In Another Place," and "Two Worlds." Two of her recent collections of stories, "The House of Shemiran," and "The Three Maids" have been published by Actes Sud in France. Taraqqi lives in Tehran and Paris.

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