{"product_id":"censoring-an-iranian-love-story-9780307390424","title":"Censoring an Iranian Love Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - \"One of Iran's most important living fiction writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) shows what it's like to live and love there today. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A haunting portrait of life in the Islamic Republic of Iran.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a country where mere proximity between a man and a woman may be the prologue to deadly sin, where illicit passion is punished by imprisonment, or even death, telling that most redemptive of human narratives becomes the greatest literary challenge. If conducting a love affair in modern Iran is not a simple undertaking, then telling the story of that love may be even more difficult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shahriar Mandanipour (author of \u003ci\u003eMoon Brow\u003c\/i\u003e) evokes a pair of young lovers who find each other--despite surreal persecution and repressive parents--through coded messages and internet chat rooms; and triumphantly their story entwines with an account of their creator's struggle. Inventive, darkly comic and profoundly touching, \u003ci\u003eCensoring an Iranian Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates both the unquenchable power of the written word and a love that is doomed, glorious, and utterly real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shahriar Mandanipour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.24w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307390424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShahriar Mandanipour has won numerous awards for his novels, short stories, and nonfiction in Iran, although he was unable to publish his fiction from 1992 until 1997 as a result of censorship. He came to the United States in 2006 as the third International Writers Project Fellow at Brown University. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePEN America, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.mandanipour.net\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Shahriar Mandanipour \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47711879495837,"sku":"9780307390424","price":40.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3c993b0a-8956-4e43-b34d-bcf191165da5.jpg?v=1773170346","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/censoring-an-iranian-love-story-9780307390424","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}