Nahid Rachlin, Author . City Lights $12.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-87286-452-8
Rachlin illuminates the private and public consequences of the Islamic revolution in her latest novel of 20th-century Iranian life (Heart's Desire
). Nora Ellahi, the daughter of an Iranian doctor and his American wife, lives a sheltered life...
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Nahid Rachlin, Author . Tarcher $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-58542-520-4
This lyrical and disturbing memoir by the author of four novels (Foreigner
, etc.) tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up in a culture where, despite the Westernizing reforms of the Shah, women had little power or autonomy. As an infant in...
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Nahid Rachlin, Author City Lights Books $12.95 (220p) ISBN 978-0-87286-276-0
Set in contemporary Iran, Rachlin's novel tells of a woman's struggle for her rights and her life. (June)
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Nahid Rachlin, Author City Lights Books $9.95 (198p) ISBN 978-0-87286-305-7
Rachlin (Veils) tries not to judge anyone in this story of an American woman married to an Iranian man--tact that may be admirable in life but that makes for a somewhat bland novel. Artist Jennifer and professor Karim leave their comfortable home in
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Nahid Rachlin, Author City Lights Books $12.95 (146p) ISBN 978-0-87286-267-8
These 10 stories by Rachlin ( Foreigner ) track unhappy Iranians who reside in their native country or live as expatriates in America. In ``Fanatics,'' Manijeh, who feels she has escaped from a dangerously sexist society to an American university...
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Nahid Rachlin, Author City Lights Books $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87286-304-0
Rachlin (Veils) tries not to judge anyone in this story of an American woman married to an Iranian man--tact that may be admirable in life but that makes for a somewhat bland novel. Artist Jennifer and professor Karim leave their comfortable home in
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