Present Books In Favor Of چراغها را من خاموش میکنم
| Original Title: | چراغها را من خاموش میکنم ISBN13 9789643056568 |
| Edition Language: | Persian |
| Setting: | Abadan, Khuzestan(Iran) |
| Literary Awards: | جایزه هوشنگ گلشیری (Hooshang Golshiri Award) for بهترین رمان (2002), بهترین رمان سال در بیستمین دوره کتاب سال جمهوری اسلامی ایران (1380), لوح تقدیر از نخستین دوره جایزه ادبی یلدا, جایزه ادبی مهرگان for بهترین رمان (2001) |
Zoya Pirzad
Paperback | Pages: 293 pages Rating: 3.55 | 7382 Users | 435 Reviews
Interpretation As Books چراغها را من خاموش میکنم
After the armenian genocide lots of armenian people decided to emigrate. Their main destination was Iran. Even nowdays a considerable number of people in Iran are of Armenian descent.The story takes place in Abadan ( before the islamic revolution and therefore before the Iran-Iraq war ). Abadan nowdays is not as modernized as described in the book. Even though the war took place many years ago, Abadan could never reach the high levels it once had.
Although I'm iranian, I've never been to the southern part and I had no clue that living in Abadan could be like living in Europe. I've Always seen Abadan in movies about war, so this was the first thing that took me by surprise.
The book was as flowing as a river and I could imagine Clarisse actually talking to me with a cup of tea in her hands. Lots of people don't like books in which " it doesn't really happen anything". Well, I'm not one of those! The story and the style of Pirzad made me enter in the routine life of an armenian family, I felt fed up as Clarisse did when literally nothing "exciting" happend in her life and God how I was mad at her sister trying to find a husband and of course I was jealous of Violet, the perfectly beautiful but innocent woman who won the heart of Emil, the neighbour of Clarisse.
Another fantastic thing about the books in which "nothing happens" is that even secondary characters can share their stories ( for example the love story of Elmira Simonian or the lady talking about the armenian genocide, or Tigran ). Through the eyes of Clarisse we learn who they are but through their own words we have the opportunity to know who/what made them be like this.
The relationship between Emil and Clarisse is the most exciting thing in the book. and surprise!!!! There is no relationship. There is no affair going on between them. It's just the imagination of a lonely woman trying so hard to feel alive.
There are books that when you are done reading them, you are 100% sure you're going to read them again. This is one of those.

Describe Containing Books چراغها را من خاموش میکنم
| Title | : | چراغها را من خاموش میکنم |
| Author | : | Zoya Pirzad |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 29th |
| Pages | : | Pages: 293 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by نشر مرکز (first published February 2002) |
| Categories | : | Novels. Fiction. Cultural. Iran |
Rating Containing Books چراغها را من خاموش میکنم
Ratings: 3.55 From 7382 Users | 435 ReviewsNotice Containing Books چراغها را من خاموش میکنم
not bad but not professional.I liked it. and I enjoyed it.I won this book from Goodreads and thoroughly enjoyed it. The story takes place in 1960s Iran, before the Islamic revolution. I was not aware of the large Armenian population living in Iran at that time (don't know what the numbers are now) and was suprised that the story revolved around a christian family. I have always liked reading about different cultures and traditions and this story gave me plenty to enjoy.
After the armenian genocide lots of armenian people decided to emigrate. Their main destination was Iran. Even nowdays a considerable number of people in Iran are of Armenian descent. The story takes place in Abadan ( before the islamic revolution and therefore before the Iran-Iraq war ). Abadan nowdays is not as modernized as described in the book. Even though the war took place many years ago, Abadan could never reach the high levels it once had.Although I'm iranian, I've never been to the

After four chapters I was ready to abandon 'Things we left unsaid'. But with the introduction of Emile the book takes a sudden turn. I love how Zoya Pirzad has written about Clarice's emotions, she tells the truth about jealousy to our secret longings. Reading Zoya Pirzad's books are like opening a window to an unknown home and watching a family like a fly on the wall.
That`s one of those few Iranian books which tell true-to-life stories about relationships, falling in love, etc. without any Islamic censorship. But still there is something that doesn`t let the reader forget that the book is Iranian. Its main character is a housewife who falls in love with their new neighbor. And it changes her ordinary little life dramatically - she can`t focus on making coffee for her mother and sister and forgets to buy cheese for her children - isn`t it quite a tragedy?))I
I was a Goodreads giveaway winner for this recently released translation of a novel by an Iranian-Armenian author. It is set in Iran in 1962 and focuses on a town built around an oil company and an Armenian community with it's own social groups, religious institutions (notably, everyone has Friday off because it it the day of worship in the country but it is not the day of worship in the characters' religion), and schools. The main character is Clarisse, a wife and mother to a teenage son and


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