Jumping over Fire
April 2006
Trade Paperback · 224 Pages
$12.95 U.S. · $15.50 CAN · £8.99 U.K. · €9.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872864528
City Lights Publishers
Trade Paperback · 224 Pages
$12.95 U.S. · $15.50 CAN · £8.99 U.K. · €9.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872864528
City Lights Publishers
Recommended for These Courses
- Language and Literature: General
- Language and Literature: Literary Criticism/Women
- Women's and Gender Studies: Literary Studies
Description
Fleeing a neocolonial oil town in southern Iran as Khomeini rises to power, the Ellahi family emigrates to the US, where Nora and her adopted brother Jahan struggle to end their incestuous attachment, get through college, and forge independent lives. Confronted by anti-Iranian hostility, Jahan is drawn to Islam, ultimately going back to join the Iranian army to fight Saddam Hussein, while Nora takes advantage of the greater opportunities and personal freedom for women here.
Nahid Rachlin is the Iranian-American author of Veils, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger, and The Heart's Desire. She teaches at New School University and the Unterberg Poetry Center in New York.
Nahid Rachlin is the Iranian-American author of Veils, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger, and The Heart's Desire. She teaches at New School University and the Unterberg Poetry Center in New York.
About the Author
Nahid Rachlin is the Iranian-American author of four novels, short stories, and essays. She teaches at New School University and the Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y, New York City.