Island of Bewilderment: A Novel of Modern Iran

by Simin Daneshvar

Twenty-six-year-old college graduate, artist, and employee of the Ministry of Art and Culture, Hasti Nourian aspires to be a "new woman"--independent-minded, strong-willed, and in control of her own destiny. A destiny that includes Morad, an idealistic young architect and artist with whom Hasti is deeply in love. Morad is a sharp critic of Iran's Westernized bourgeois class, the one that Hasti's mother relishes. After Hasti's father died, her mother...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815611471
• ISBN13: 9780815611479
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"