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"In rural Iran, a spirited village girl approaches the age of marriage, only to find her destiny shattered after a fiery comet blazes ominously across the desert sky. On the death of her beloved father, the young woman and her distraught mother are forced into a difficult new life in the fabled city of Isfahan. Taken in as house servants by her uncle Gostaham, a well-to-do carpet designer, and his demanding wife, the two women confront an unforgiving world." "When the heroine blossoms as a brilliant maker of carpets under her uncle's tutelage, the future brightens. But disaster strikes again when an impetuous act results in the heroine's disgrace, forcing her into a secret marriage. If she is to thrive, she must risk the family's reputation and rely on her artistic genius, and her extraordinary will, to save herself and her mother." "Seventeenth-century Iran comes alive in all its splendour and cultural nuance in this luminous novel. The bustle of bazaars overflowing with rosewater and saffron; the breathtakingly beautiful silk and gold rugs of the Shah's carpet workshop; and Isfahan's incomparable bridges, gardens, teahouses, and hammams: all are captured here."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani
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- Pubblicato
- 2008
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- Titolo
- The Blood of Flowers
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Anita Amirrezvani
- Editore
- Headline
- Pubblicato
- 2008
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0755334213
- ISBN13
- 9780755334216
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Letteratura romantica, Amore, Donne, Matrimonio, Ragazze, Cultura, Sogni, Seicento, Iran, Emancipazione, Persia, Tessuti, tessile, Donne musulmane, Donne nell'Islam, Letteratura Persiana, Ricette storiche, Letteratura iraniana, Tintura dei tessuti
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2007
- Titolo originale
- The Blood of Flowers
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- "In rural Iran, a spirited village girl approaches the age of marriage, only to find her destiny shattered after a fiery comet blazes ominously across the desert sky. On the death of her beloved father, the young woman and her distraught mother are forced into a difficult new life in the fabled city of Isfahan. Taken in as house servants by her uncle Gostaham, a well-to-do carpet designer, and his demanding wife, the two women confront an unforgiving world." "When the heroine blossoms as a brilliant maker of carpets under her uncle's tutelage, the future brightens. But disaster strikes again when an impetuous act results in the heroine's disgrace, forcing her into a secret marriage. If she is to thrive, she must risk the family's reputation and rely on her artistic genius, and her extraordinary will, to save herself and her mother." "Seventeenth-century Iran comes alive in all its splendour and cultural nuance in this luminous novel. The bustle of bazaars overflowing with rosewater and saffron; the breathtakingly beautiful silk and gold rugs of the Shah's carpet workshop; and Isfahan's incomparable bridges, gardens, teahouses, and hammams: all are captured here."--BOOK JACKET.