false <![CDATA[The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel (P.S.)]]> 1038088 8 In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger. A page-turning literary debut, <i>The Septembers of Shiraz</i> simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home. 2025013 1 8 2007 The Septembers of Shiraz total:1390|5:253|4:624|3:428|2:75|1:10| 1390 5205 2265 356 5 5 false false Wed Aug 15 20:32:22 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 21:14:01 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 21:18:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 19:27:33 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 23:32:35 -0700 2007 The Kite Runner or Reading Lolita In Tehran, but I didn't. The story-line and plot were compelling, but the author hardly explored the depths of her interesting characters. They fe...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Aug 21 19:19:14 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 17:30:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 18:33:35 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 18:51:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 20:55:16 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 20:55:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 19:45:21 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 19:08:20 -0800 2008
Poignantly written, this semi autobiographical memoir-like novel comes up a little short for me.I have read enough of the Holocaust to know how life can change when we least expect it an...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 17:00:44 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 15:59:45 -0800 2007 Jewish businessman and how each of them finds the inner strength to cope with the effects of his imprisonment. I thi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:04:59 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:11:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:10:37 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:19:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 18:57:17 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 13:58:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:39:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:39:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 05:02:22 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 05:12:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 15:11:14 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:22:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 24 18:30:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 18:30:49 -0700 2009


The Septembers of Shiraz takes me deep into these lives I’d never lead, places I’d never go. Isaac Amin, al...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:42:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:51:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 10 10:25:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 10:26:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:48 -0800 2009 Dalia Sofer, who was forced to flee postrevolutionary Iran at the age of ten after her own father was unjustly imprisoned, captures her family's experiences in this moving, semiautobiographical tale. Citing Sofer's evocative prose, sensitive characterizations, and suspenseful plot, reviewers called ...

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Septembers of Shiraz follow an educated and successful Jewish family through the Islamic revolution. As many of t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 15:45:33 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 16:01:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:10:25 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:21:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2061362