Kissing the Sword

Name: Kissing the Sword
Author: Shahrnush Parsipur

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Shahrnush Parsipur

Iranian novelist whose Women Without Men is a lyrical, magical realist exploration of Iranian women's lives. Her work was banned in Iran. She is one of the most celebrated Iranian feminist literary voices in world literature.

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Women Without MenFour women escape mental confinement through magic and collective freedom
Touba and the Meaning of NightMultigenerational saga of Iranian women and the revolution's aftermath
The Prison Memoirs of Shahrnush ParsipurMemoir of Iranian woman dissident imprisoned for her political activism