Women Without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur

Women Without Men, Shahrnush ParsipurNew Paperback Women Without Men traces the interwoven destinies of five women including a wealthy middle aged housewife, a sex worker and a schoolteacher as they arrive by different paths 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

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