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Saffron Sky: A Life Between Iran and America
This lyrical memoir evinces the author's passion for constructing an American life with the spiritual fervor and deeply aesthetic rituals that were part of her childhood in Iran. Asayesh, who immigrated to North Carolina as a girl, writes too of her struggle to arrive at an acceptable sexuality in the face of parental panic, and tells of her frustration, during later trips...more
Paperback, 222 pages
Published
January 17th 2001
by Beacon Press
(first published October 15th 1999)
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The book is the collected memories of an Iranian who moved to America when she was fifteen. It records various scenes in her childhood and her subsequent visits back to Iran, and catches some of the struggles she faces as she tries to reconcile the two worlds she lives in, and some of the heartache which comes from leaving your heart in two places.
The first pages were especially hard for me to read, since they detailed her first return to Iran since coming to America. It's that some...more
The first pages were especially hard for me to read, since they detailed her first return to Iran since coming to America. It's that some...more
As one can surmise from my reading list, I try to read a lot of what is out there regarding the Iranian/American immigrant experience only because that is my story and one that I can relate to and this book summed it all up so well.
Ms. Asayesh writes beautifuly but I could not help feel the constant state of melancholy that she struggles with in her every day life struggling how to still keep up Iranian traditions and language alive in her life while being so immersed in her life in...more
Ms. Asayesh writes beautifuly but I could not help feel the constant state of melancholy that she struggles with in her every day life struggling how to still keep up Iranian traditions and language alive in her life while being so immersed in her life in...more
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The parts on Iran are too well known to me. I like the irreconcilability of the two worlds she is merging in the US. In Lipstic Jihad I liked to read about her life in Iran, the youth circles, the current situation of the country. But the life she visits in Iran is frozen in time, nothing much to do with the reality on the ground now days in Iran. I like how the divide between the two worlds is creating a split in her personality as I have known that all too well myself having lived in more than...more
The author has a beautiful writing style. Interesting insight into Iran. Will be curious to see how she brings it all together at the end.
A revealing look at how it feels to love two very different countries.
i love the way this woman describes her surrondings; honestly and beautifully. makes me want to travel to the middle east and wander around. i long to grow saffron in my garden and tuck it into holiday card envelopes.
what are we doing in iraq?
read this book and you'll understand a lot more about life in iran and why we've made a terrible mistake! most of all, you will look at your life and appreciate it for the times when it's all about simplicity.
what are we doing in iraq?
read this book and you'll understand a lot more about life in iran and why we've made a terrible mistake! most of all, you will look at your life and appreciate it for the times when it's all about simplicity.
This book wasn't easy for me to finish, but I do recommend it if you like to read about different cultures or want to read about the contrast of life in Iran and America.
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Particularly pertinent in the current political milieu. Well written. Thought provoking.
Beautifully written! Vivid and poetic.
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