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Anita Amirrezvani was born in Iran and grew up in San Francisco.
She is an art critic and writer. This is her first Novel.
This is about a young girl in Iran, whose life changed dramatically after her father's death.
The writer takes you into the Iranian culture, women's issues, marriage, first wives, and this other kind of marriage called sigheh, which allow a man and a woman to marry each other for a temporary period of time, and any children born from such unions are considered legitimate.
"Men pay women for this privilege, and the participants determine how long the arrangement will last. Such marriages can be made for as little as an hour or can go on forever. Understandably, public perceptions of this form of marriage have fluctuated with the times."
The other main subject in the story is rugmaking, and what goes into it. Picking the right colors, the right yarns, matching the colors and making them work together for the overall picture you want to portray on the rug.
The knots, and the tighter they are the better the rug and the wear and tear of it.
The author wanted to write a book about Iranian culture without the influence of "politics" and I think she has accomplished it very well.
She is an art critic and writer. This is her first Novel.
This is about a young girl in Iran, whose life changed dramatically after her father's death.
The writer takes you into the Iranian culture, women's issues, marriage, first wives, and this other kind of marriage called sigheh, which allow a man and a woman to marry each other for a temporary period of time, and any children born from such unions are considered legitimate.
"Men pay women for this privilege, and the participants determine how long the arrangement will last. Such marriages can be made for as little as an hour or can go on forever. Understandably, public perceptions of this form of marriage have fluctuated with the times."
The other main subject in the story is rugmaking, and what goes into it. Picking the right colors, the right yarns, matching the colors and making them work together for the overall picture you want to portray on the rug.
The knots, and the tighter they are the better the rug and the wear and tear of it.
The author wanted to write a book about Iranian culture without the influence of "politics" and I think she has accomplished it very well.
