An den Regen

by Fariba Vafi

Wer sich mit zeitgenössischer iranischer Literatur befasst, kann das Genre der Kurzgeschichten nicht unbeachtet lassen. Denn in Lyrik und Kurzgeschichten können, im Gegenteil zu Romanen, punktuelle Beobachtungen über die Gesellschaft angefertigt werden, ohne viel erklären zu müssen und dadurch die Aufmerksamkeit der Zensurbehörde auf sich zu ziehen. Wie auch in ihren Romanen sind die zentralen Themen der Kurzgeschichten Vafis die intimen Alltagserfahrungen von Frauen, die versuchen, unabhängig von gesellschaftlichen Beschränkungen ihren eigenen Weg zu gehen. Vafis fließende Sprache schafft es dabei, eine große Nähe zu den Charakteren zu erzeugen, die sich auch in der Übersetzung wiederfindet. Immer wieder kommt es in den Kurzgeschichten zu Spannungen zwischen Tradition und Progressivität, zwischen Einsamkeit und dem Wunsch nach Unabhängigkeit. So wird in Vafis Literatur eine Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen nachgezeichnet, die universell ist und jenseits sprachlicher und gesellschaftlicher Grenzen bei den Lesenden Resonanz findet.

219 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2021

About the author

فریبا وفی

Fariba Vafi is an Iranian writer. She was born in Tabriz on 1 January 1963 in a middle-class family. She started writing early in school and later authored short stories.

Her first short story collection Dar Omghe Sahneh (In the depth of the Stage) was published by Cheshmeh Publishers in 1996. Her second, Hatta Vagti Mikhandim [Even While we Are Laughing] was published by "Nashr-e Markaz" Publishing co. in the fall of 1999. In 2002 Nashr-e Markaz published Vafi's first novel Parandeye Man [Bird]. This novel received the Golshiri and Yalda awards and has had sixteen printings. It was translated into English by Syracuse University Press in 2009, into Italian by Ponte 33 in 2010, into German in 2012 by Rotbuch Werlag and into Kurdish in 2011.

Her second novel Tarlan was published by Nashr- e Markaz in 2004. Her novel The Dream of Tibet was published by Nashr-e Markaz in 2005. This novel received the Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award for 'Best Novel'. Her novel The secret in the Alleys was published in 2008 and was translated into French by Zulma in 2011 and also into Norwegian.

Her third collection the Way of Villa was published by Cheshmeh in 2008.

Her most recent novel The Moon Becomes Full and collection All the Horizon were published in 2011. Some of her stories were translated into English, Italian, Turkish, Russian, Swedish, and Arabic. Vafi is married and has a daughter and a son. She lives in Tehran.

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