Shadows and Walls

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage
Cover of the book Shadows and Walls by Meade Saeedi, Illyria Publishing
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Author: Meade Saeedi ISBN: 9780983590934
Publisher: Illyria Publishing Publication: June 21, 2011
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Meade Saeedi
ISBN: 9780983590934
Publisher: Illyria Publishing
Publication: June 21, 2011
Imprint:
Language: English
This is a story told from the perspective of Tahirih, still a teenager herself but already the mother of four children, as she grapples with the complexities of life as the wife of a well-to-do tea merchant in late nineteenth century Persia. Although uneducated, Tahirih is highly curious so is dismayed when her husband Ismail forbids her to learn to read. As she awakens to her own perceptions of the world around her, she must deal with overwhelming personal issues including the loss of her fifth child, her husband's taking a second wife, and social scorn for religious choices she makes. The novel introduces us to the bazaar which dominates life in her small town of Shiraz as well as to the glitter and power of the Shah's palaces and envoys. Shadows and Walls presents a peek at a society with which most Americans are unfamiliar, and an opportunity to travel with characters from whom we can learn much about ourselves as well as about a culture very different from our own.
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This is a story told from the perspective of Tahirih, still a teenager herself but already the mother of four children, as she grapples with the complexities of life as the wife of a well-to-do tea merchant in late nineteenth century Persia. Although uneducated, Tahirih is highly curious so is dismayed when her husband Ismail forbids her to learn to read. As she awakens to her own perceptions of the world around her, she must deal with overwhelming personal issues including the loss of her fifth child, her husband's taking a second wife, and social scorn for religious choices she makes. The novel introduces us to the bazaar which dominates life in her small town of Shiraz as well as to the glitter and power of the Shah's palaces and envoys. Shadows and Walls presents a peek at a society with which most Americans are unfamiliar, and an opportunity to travel with characters from whom we can learn much about ourselves as well as about a culture very different from our own.

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