ENGLISH

The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood

By Shusha Guppy

Book information

Publisher
Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Year
2004
ISBN
1850434018, 9781850434016
LCC
DS316.4 .G87 2004
Open Library ID
OL3378491M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1344726 bytes)
Pages
257\257
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Decades before the Iranian revolution of 1979, which placed the country under a repressive religious rule, Shusha Guppy grew up in a Persia delicately balanced between traditional Islamic life and the transforming forces of westernization. In this eloquent memoir, Guppy recreates the lost world of her childhood before the oil boom and the eventual overthrow of the Shah. Her lively tales about relatives, friends, music, drama, religious holidays, and celebrations bring to life a vanished society caught between the oppressive but stable strictures of the past and the unsettling freedoms of the future.

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