Sutra And Other Stories - Simin -. Daneshvar

Here Are Six Stories By One Of Irans Greatest Contemporary Writers, Rare And Intimate Glimpses Into The Lives Of Ordinary Iranian Men And Women; Windows Into The Persian Soul. From The Delicately Painted Tragedy Of Mehrangiz In A City Like Paradise To The Wry Comedy Of Anis, From Two Sisters' Surreal Nocturne In Childbirth To A Village Boys Broken Dreams In Potshards, From A Young Woman Torn Between Duty And Passion In Bibi Shahrbanu To The Brilliant And Numinous Sutra, Each Story Is Told With The Detail, Clarity Of Vision, And Deeply Human Compassion Characteristic Of Daneshvars Finest Work. Daneshvars Iran Is A Landscape In Which The Medieval And The Modern Coexist Uneasily.