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Title | : | Suvashun |
Author | : | Simin Daneshvar |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 392 pages |
Published | : | May 28th 2006 by Cobre (first published 1969) |
Categories | : | Novels. Cultural. Iran. Fiction. Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. 20th Century |

Simin Daneshvar
Paperback | Pages: 392 pages Rating: 3.91 | 6328 Users | 449 Reviews
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Considerada una obra maestra, esta novela supuso el reconocimiento de Simin Daneshvar como una autora indispensable de la moderna literatura persa. Reeditada en numerosas ocasiones, Suvashun fue una novela valiente, la primera escrita por una mujer iraní y narrada por su protagonista femenina. Ambientada en el Irán de la Segunda Guerra Mundial durante la ocupación de los Aliados, la historia está narrada por Zahra, una joven ama de casa que es testigo de los acontecimientos. El amor que siente por su marido, sus tres hijos, su casa y su jardín, a los que considera su país, y la educación en el colegio de los misioneros ingleses han hecho de ella una mujer culta pero sumisa, tolerante ante las injusticias que ve a su alrededor, una actitud que choca frontalmente con la personalidad de su marido, Yusef, que se rebela frente a los invasores, como el mítico héroe persa Suvashun.Define Books During Suvashun
Original Title: | سووشون |
ISBN: | 8496501027 (ISBN13: 9788496501027) |
Edition Language: | Spanish |
Characters: | Zari, Yousef |
Rating Regarding Books Suvashun
Ratings: 3.91 From 6328 Users | 449 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books Suvashun
This book is a testament to the claim that Persian culture is timelessly poetic and spiritual. Through a deeply symbolic storyline, this book offers a very rare glimpse of the inner workings of Iran during WW2. Politics, gender politics, philosophy, religion, idealism, power and corruption are all themes that have been masterfully integrated in this moving classic. Highly recommended for lovers of Iranian culture and those who still haven't had the chance to grasp the beauty of it!A masterpiece of Iran's twentieth century novel. Simin Daneshvar is regarded -rightly so- as the Mother of Novel in Iran; Suvashoun touches on delicate matters of gender politics, Iran's quasi-colonial contemporary history, literature, love, pain and the birth of intellectual thought and nationalism. Definitely among my top five novels. For non-Persian speakers, the book is translated into some 17 languages to this date.
Suvashun = A Persian Requiem, Simin Daneshvar Savušun (also spelled Savushun) is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian female writer Simin Daneshvar. It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author. The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II. Savušun has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran. Savušun is "groundbreaking" and highly acclaimed work in contemporary Persian literature, with both literary and popular

This review is mainly about the translation by MR Ghanoonparvar, published by Mage.First the book: it is an interesting piece of anti-colonialist historical fiction, loaded with historical, religious, and literary allusions which make it hard to for an outsider to appreciate at times. It is quite heavy on the emotion, with some rather one-dimensional characters, but others are nicely drawn. It is not particularly subtle in its themes, but then again, colonialism and subjugation are not subtle
Much like when I read Flann O'Brien, I can't help but think that I lost something by not being part of the cultural audience that Daneshvar was writing for. There are compelling moments, and compelling characters, but I can't quite grasp the whole arc that she's putting together. While I have no doubt that for many Iranian readers, this is an indisputable classic, I didn't get much out of it, and I lack the tools to say whether it was a good or a bad book.
Most books I have read set in Iran tend to be about the revolutions of the 1970s to the present. This book is set during World War II, during British occupation, and the Brits are not exactly allies. (Iran was previously allied to Italy and Germany, so they are being occupied to keep control of the area.)Zari is a young wife of a well-off revolutionary in Shiraz. The story is through her eyes, where she is often controlled by older women in society, managed by male relatives, and patronized by
i felt pitty to everything i had or i proud of that i felt we are always like thiss... i felt pitty to all people that they understand and they can think and i have this feeling tilll now with me... it was the one of book that made me change my think and my way to living...i love it
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