“Sou Va Shoun” is a folk tradition, surviving in Southern Iran from an undateable pre-islamic past, that invokes hope in spite of everything. The novel records the life of a Persian family during the World War II Allied occupation of Iran. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis, the great Persian poets, the shrines, Sufis and nomadic tribes all within a historical web of interests, privilege and influence and arrogance of persons in authority. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife, and mother, who copes with her idealistic husband while struggling with her desire for traditional family life and her need for an individual identity. Simin Daneshvar lives and continues to write in Iran.

 

Written By: Simin Daneshvar
Read By: Mandana Zandian
Published By: Ketabe Gooya Publishing
Format: Audio Book - 11 CD Set
Language: Farsi

 

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