â??A very engaging saga...â?? â??Washington Post Book World â??A powerfully resonant work...â?? â??Publishers Weekly â??Outstanding foreign fiction...â?? â??USA Today Savushun (pronounced â??sa-voo-shoonâ??) is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an undateable pre-islamic past, that conjures hope in spite of everything. The novel chronicles the life of a Persian family during the World War II Allied occupation of Iran. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-islamic monuments, the great Persian poets, the shrines, sufis and nomadic tribes all within a historical web of the interests, privilege and influence of foreign powers, corruption, incompetence and arrogance of persons in authority. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife, and mother, who copes with her idealistic husband while struggling with her desire for traditional family life and her need for an individual identity. simin daneshvar lives and continues to write in Iran.
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"For Western readers the novel not only offers an example of contemporary Iranian fiction; it also provides a rare glimpse of the inner workings of an Iranian family." --- -Washington Post Book World
"Daneshvar lovingly details the old Persian customs and way of life. And the conflict between an understandable yearning for peace and tranquillity in the face of change and tragedy is movingly evoked. It is a sympathetic but never sentimental account of one woman's rite of passage." --- -Kirkus Reviews
"An engrossing chronicle of life in Persia-just-turned-Iran by Simin Daneshvar. Her compassionate vision of traditional folk ways surviving amid the threats of modernity (including Allied occupation) give her work a resonant universality. Recent events only strengthen her position as a writer deserving a wider audience." --- -USA Today
"Daneshvar lovingly details the old Persian customs and way of life. And the conflict between an understandable yearning for peace and tranquillity in the face of change and tragedy is movingly evoked. It is a sympathetic but never sentimental account of one woman's rite of passage." --- -Kirkus Reviews
"An engrossing chronicle of life in Persia-just-turned-Iran by Simin Daneshvar. Her compassionate vision of traditional folk ways surviving amid the threats of modernity (including Allied occupation) give her work a resonant universality. Recent events only strengthen her position as a writer deserving a wider audience." --- -USA Today
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Original Language: Persian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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The Best Persian Novel of the 20th Century,
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This review is from: Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Paperback)
Simin Daneshvar is the best novel writer in Iran. Although Iran has had the privilage of having some of the greatest writers of the 20th century such as Hedayat, Fasih, Dolat Abadi, and Daneshvar's own husband, Al Ahmad, Simin Daneshvar alone stands on the peak of the 20th century Iran's writers. Suvashun, which has the record for best selling novel in Iran, is a book that masterfully combines the western format of novel with Iranian elements. It has full and well described characters. Everyone who reads this book can easily relate to Zari, Yousef, Amme Khanoom and all other characters. The book is a wanderful reading and probably the best introduction to Iran's rich modern literature, long over looked by the world. I rank Simin Daneshvar as one of 10 best Twentieth century writers. Khanom Daneshvar, Khodaa 1000 saal zende negahetoon daare.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Savushun is the best iranain novel,
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This review is from: Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Paperback)
Dr.s.Danehsvar is a well-educated Iranian writer.She has written so many interesting stories but Savushun is the best.It is published before revalution but sill is well accepted by the Iranian readers.She is from Shiraz , city of great Iranian poets such as hafez.This story described the iranian culture in Shiraz during world ward2.It is suggested to all book lovers and book worms!! Mohammad h.,IRAN
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A great book!,
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This review is from: Savushun: A Novel About Modern Iran (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Persian Classics) (Paperback)
The Iranian modern litrature is full of thought ,wisdom & beauty .Savushun is the best example.The writer ,Dr.Daneshvar is a great Iranian writer. she is now 80 years old.She started writing many years ago. Savushun is her best novel that is republished many times.The book is very useful for those intersted in rich Iranian litrature and culture.Daneshvar is from Shiraz ,the city of great poets such as Saadi& Hafez.,A reader from Shirz-Iran
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