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Set at the turn of the century in the fictional Persian village of Omerijan, Persian Brides tells the magical story of two young girls - Flora and Nazie Ratoryan - and their many neighbors in the almond tree alley in Omerijan where they live. Fifteen-years-old, pregnant, and recently abandoned by her cloth-merchant husband, Flora longs desperately for the return of her unborn baby's father. Nazie consoles and pities her, and though she is still only a child of eleven, she yearns - just as desperately - for her own future marriage. Although the narrative spans only two days, it branches out and back, encompassing the lives and histories of many of Omerijan's inhabitants. A blend of fantasy and reality, the narrative forcefully conveys shocking cruelties endured by many of the characters while at the same time weaving a modern-day Arabic legend where snakes offer jewels in exchange for milk and death is thwarted by appeasing the village demons.
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- Title Persian Brides
- Author Yael Lotan; Dorit Rabinyan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First US Edition
- Pages 236
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher George Braziller, NY
- Date 1998-03
- ISBN 9780807614303 / 0807614300
- Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.57 x 5.82 x 1.04 in (21.77 x 14.78 x 2.64 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Pastoral fiction, Jews - Social life and customs - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-45493
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/1998, Page 900
- Library Journal, 01/01/1998, Page 144
- New York Times, 03/15/1998, Page 27
- Publishers Weekly, 01/05/1998, Page 0
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