This selection of five short stories explores the issues of generational difference and attitudes to life and revolution, identity in a fast paced society, childhood memories and the role of Love in helping one generation of Iranians move towards future when they are confronted with the adversity of a revolution and change.
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Kamshad Kooshan is one of the rising figures in the fiction world of Iranians outside of Iran. In addition to fiction he writes and directs for films.
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I grew up in Tehran, but have lived most of my life in Berkeley. In these selected stories, I've been trying to return to my roots, and explore the issues in shaping my identity and possibly a look at the Identity of Iranians in Iran and outside. Writing in Persian has allowed me to take this journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
imaginative and snappy writing of short stories in Persian,
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This review is from: Moonlit Garden (Bagh-e-Mahtabi) (Mass Market Paperback)
When I started to read Moonlit Garden by Kamshad Kooshan, I was expecting a morbid and convoluted series of stories, that is so predominant in the Iranian writers living outside of Iran. To my surprise, these stories provoked a part of my mind which thinks in Persian and was hungry for imaginative and exhilirating story telling. To his credit, Mr. Kooshan has captured a rythum in his stories that is quite in line with us living in the west.I have been thinking about myself and other Americans of Iranian descent who live in the States and how as we stay here longer, we become more and more distance from the lyrical Persian Language. I yearn for something that is new, both in style and in form, and the issues and ideas it revolves around. The first story, a picture in the corner of the mirror is a marvel about the hectic lives we all live and how we deal with identity, as men and women, but more importantly as human beings. The most important story of the collection, in my opinion is Shadows which is parallel stories of two families, one man is confronted with his wife in Coma and a younger man is heading on an unreturnable journey. Through love, though the chips fall where they should. I strongly recommend this book for both its subjects and for its great writing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sharp and Touching Stories,
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This review is from: Moonlit Garden (Bagh-e-Mahtabi) (Mass Market Paperback)
I fully enjoyed the flowing writing style of the writer. The stories, specially, Saayeha, is one of the best short stories I have read in the past few years. I look forward to other stories by Kooshan.
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