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The Septembers of Shiraz
by Dalia Sofer

Published: 2007-08-01
Hardcover : 340 pages
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In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappear-ance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known.

As Isaac navigates the tedium ...

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In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappear-ance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known.

As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger.

A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home.

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  "The Septembers of Shiraz"by Becky S. (see profile) 03/04/11

Average read but provided interesting discussion due to today's current events.

 
  "Gentle story of Isaac's imprisonment by the revolutionary guards told from the perspective of Isaac, his wife, his daughter, and his son."by Aileen H. (see profile) 01/16/09

Our discussion centered on the differences between the classes in the story.

 
  "Being Locked up in Iran"by Tory T. (see profile) 01/29/08

IT's interesting to see contrast in cultures. But I think for those who are not Iranian it may be a bit boring. C+

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