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Song of a captive bird : a novel / Jasmin Darznik.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399182310
- Physical Description: 401 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2018
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Subject: | Farrukhzād, Furūgh > Fiction. Women poets, Iranian > Fiction. Women > Iran > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. |
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| Burns Lake Public Library | AF DAR (Text) | 35198000650284 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC DAR (Text) | 35146002068401 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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35140100034191 | Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-14 |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC DAR (Text) | 35136000537150 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kaslo and District Public Library | AF DAR (Text) | 35134000414470 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F DAR (Text) | 35137001010486 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nakusp Public Library | FIC DAR (Text) | 35160000746991 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Smithers Public Library | F DAR (Text) | 35101011013823 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Reimagines the life of rebel poet Forugh Farrokzhad, a passionate young writer in search of freedom and independence from the restrictions imposed on women in mid-twentieth-century Iran. - Baker & Taylor
A first novel by the best-selling author ofThe Good Daughter reimagines the life of rebel poet Forugh Farrokzhad, who is depicted as a passionate young writer in search of freedom and independence from the restrictions imposed on women in mid-20th-century Iran. - Random House, Inc.
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied societyâs expectations to find her voice and her destiny
âA complex and beautiful rendering of [a] vanished country and its scattered people, a reminder of the power and purpose of art, and an ode to female creativity under a patriarchy that repeatedly tries to snuff it out.ââThe New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ Choice)
All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh Farrokhzad is told that Persian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebelâgossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her motherâs walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café glacé. During the summer of 1950, Forughâs passion for poetry takes flightâand tradition seeks to clip her wings.
Forced into a suffocating marriage, Forugh runs away and falls into an affair that fuels her desire to write and to achieve freedom and independence. Forughâs poems are considered both scandalous and brilliant; she is heralded by some as a national treasure, vilified by others as a demon influenced by the West. She perseveres, finding love with a notorious filmmaker and living by her own rulesâat enormous cost. But the power of her writing only grows stronger amid the upheaval of the Iranian revolution.
Inspired by Forugh Farrokhzadâs verse, letters, films, and interviewsâand including original translations of her poemsâthis haunting novel uses the lens of fiction to capture the tenacity, spirit, and conflicting desires of a brave woman who represents the birth of feminism in Iranâand who continues to inspire generations of women around the world.
Praise for Song of a Captive Bird
âIf poetry is emotion rendered incendiary, then Forugh Farrokhzad was made of fire. . . . Song of a Captive Bird is an unsparing account of the necessity and consequences of speaking out.ââBookPage
âSometimes, simply choosing whom to love is a political act.ââVogueÂ
âForugh Farrokhzadâs short life brimmed with controversy and rebellion . . . .This feminist icon inspired Darznikâs imaginative debut.ââMs.
