Charand-o Parand : Revolutionary Satire from Iran, 1907-1909 Hardback
by Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
Part of the World Thought in Translation series
Hardback
Description
A classic of Modern Persian literature, Charand-o Parand (Stuff and Nonsense) is a work familiar to every literate Iranian. Originally a series of newspaper columns written by scholar and satirist Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, the pieces poke fun at mullahs, the shah, and the old religious and political order during the Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906–11).
The essays were the Daily Show of their era. The columns were heatedly debated in the Iranian parliament, and the newspaper was shut down on several occasions for its criticism of the religious establishment.
Translated by two distinguished scholars of Persian language and history, this volume makes Dehkhoda’s entertaining political observations available to English readers for the first time.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 2 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:24/05/2016
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- ISBN:9780300197990
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 2 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:24/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300197990
