Shariar Mandanipour, trans. from the Persian by Sara Khalili. Restless, $21.99 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-1-63206-128-7
In this beautiful and ambitious novel, Mandanipour (Censoring an Iranian Love Story) tells the story of Amir Yamini, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War who lost his left arm and much of his memory in battle. By day, Amir is confined to his family’s...
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Shahriar Mandanipour, Author, Sara Khalili, Translator , trans. from the Farsi by Sara Khalili. Knopf $25 (295p) ISBN 978-0-307-26978-2
The first of Mandanipour’s novels to appear in English follows an ambitious but censored Iranian writer as he attempts to write a Nobel-caliber love story that will pass the censors’ inspection. As a professional writer, narrator...
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Shahriar Mandanipour, trans. from the Persian by Sara Khalili. Bellevue Literary Press, $16.99 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-942658-95-5
Mandanipour (Moon Brown) skillfully fuses the poetic and the brutal in this complex and intense collection. The care and humanity of his voice adds poignancy to plots anchored by violence. Many of the stories feature animals: an elusive leopard is...
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