Savushun A Novel About Modern Iran - Simin Daneshvar

a Very Engaging Saga.????washington Post Book World??a Powerfully Resonant Work.????publishers Weekly??outstanding Foreign Fiction.????usa Today Savushun (pronounced??sa-voo-shoon??) Is A Folk Tradition, Surviving In Southern Iran From An Undateable Pre-islamic Past, That Conjures Hope In Spite Of Everything. The Novel Chronicles The Life Of A Persian Family During The World War Ii Allied Occupation Of Iran. It Is Set In Shiraz, A Town Which Evokes Images Of Persepolis And Pre-islamic Monuments, The Great Persian Poets, The Shrines, Sufis And Nomadic Tribes All Within A Historical Web Of The Interests, Privilege And Influence Of Foreign Powers, Corruption, Incompetence And Arrogance Of Persons In Authority.