By Parsipur Shahrnush
Parsipur Shahrnush, 2012
ΠΠ°ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ Π·Π° ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ Β«ΠΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ Π±Π΅Π· ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΈΠ½Β» ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΡΠΊΡΡ Π°Π»Π»Π΅Π³ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ Π² ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΡΠ°Π½Π΅. ΠΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠ°, ΠΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΏΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ² ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π³Π΅Π½Π΄Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ. ΠΡΠΎΡ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π²Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΠΎ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ»Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ±Π°Ρ ΠΏΡΡΠΈ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π² ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ°Π΄ Π½Π° ΠΎΠΊΡΠ°ΠΈΠ½Π΅ Π’Π΅Π³Π΅ΡΠ°Π½Π°. ΠΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π½Π° ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΈΡΠ»Π°ΠΌΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ° ΠΈ Π½Π΅Π΄Π°Π²Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ, ΡΡΠΎΡ Π½Π΅Π·Π°Π±ΡΠ²Π°Π΅ΠΌΡΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°Π΅Ρ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½, ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΡ Π²ΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ·ΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠΊ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°, ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡ Π±ΡΠ΄ΡΡΠ΅Π΅ Π² ΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅ Π±Π΅Π· ΠΌΡΠΆΡΠΈΠ½.
Shahrnush Parsipur, 2012
Banned shortly after publication for its depiction of female freedom, Women Without Men creates an evocative allegory of life in contemporary Iran. Employing the techniques of both the fabulist and the polemicist, Parsipur continues her protest against traditional Persian gender relations. This modern literary masterpiece follows the interwoven destinies of five women as they arrive to live together in an abundant garden on the outskirts of Tehran. Drawing on elements of Islamic mysticism and recent Iranian history, this unforgettable novel depicts women escaping the narrow confines of family and society, and imagines their future living in a world without men.