Parisa Reza's Books

The Gardens of Consolation

By: Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A novel of love, family, and a fight for freedom in Iran featuring a “formidable and hard-to-forget heroine” (Publishers Weekly). In the early 1920s, in the remote Persian village of Ghamsar, two young people dreaming of a better life fall in love and marry. Sardar brings his bride, Talla, with him across the mountains to the suburbs of Tehran, where the couple settles down and builds a home. From the outskirts of the capital city, they will watch as the Qajar dynasty falls and Reza Khan rises to power as Reza Shah Pahlavi. Into this family of illiterate shepherds is born Bahram, a boy whose brilliance and intellectual promise are apparent from a very young age. As he grows older, Bahram will become a fervent follower of reformer Mohammad Mosaddegh and will participate firsthand in his country’s political and social upheavals, putting himself in mortal danger, in this prize-winning, “compelling book [that] raises important questions about indulgence, gender, community, and the impact of politics on everyday life” (Kirkus Reviews). “Exquisite . . . the narrative evolves from an intimate chronicle of Talla and Sardar’s provincial lives into a sweeping tour through early-20th-century Iran.” —The New York Times

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

211

Publisher

Europa Editions

Published Date

ISBN 10

1609453581

ISBN 13

9781609453589

The Gardens of Consolation

By: Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Gardens of Consolation

By: Parisa Reza

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

211

Publisher

Europa Editions

Published Date

ISBN 10

1609453581

ISBN 13

9781609453589

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Iran's Cinematic Archive

By: Parisa Vaziri

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Iran's Cinematic Archive

By: Parisa Vaziri

Rethinking the history of African enslavement in the western Indian Ocean through the lens of Iranian cinema From the East African and Red Sea coasts to the Persian Gulf ports of Bushihr, Kish, and Hurmuz, sailing and caravan networks supplied Iran and the surrounding regions with African slave labor from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This book reveals how Iranian cinema preserves the legacy of this vast and yet long-overlooked history that has come to be known as Indian Ocean slavery. How does a focus on blackness complicate traditional understandings of history and culture? Parisa Vaziri addresses this question by looking at residues of the Indian Ocean slave trade in Iranian films from the second half of the twentieth century. Revealing the politicized clash between commercial cinema (fīlmfārsī) and alternative filmmaking (the Iranian New Wave), she pays particular attention to the healing ritual zār, which is both an African slave descendent practice and a constitutive element of Iranian culture, as well as to cinematic sīyāh bāzī (Persian black play). Moving beyond other studies on Indian Ocean and trans-Saharan slavery, Vaziri highlights the crystallization of a singular mode of historicity within these cinematic examples—one of “absence” that reflects the relative dearth of archival information on the facts surrounding Indian Ocean slavery. Bringing together cinema studies, Middle East studies, Black studies, and postcolonial theory, Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery explores African enslavement in the Indian Ocean through the revelatory and little-known history of Iranian cinema. It shows that Iranian film reveals a resistance to facticity representative of the history of African enslavement in the Indian Ocean and preserves the legacy of African slavery’s longue durée in ways that resist its overpowering erasure in the popular and historical imagination. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

323

Publisher

U of Minnesota Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452970203

ISBN 13

9781452970202

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Iran's Cinematic Archive

By: Parisa Vaziri

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Iran's Cinematic Archive

By: Parisa Vaziri

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

323

Publisher

U of Minnesota Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452970203

ISBN 13

9781452970202

Les jardins de consolation

By: Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Les jardins de consolation

By: Parisa Reza

Ce livre nous plonge dans l’histoire iranienne des années 1920 à 1953. D’abord à travers le parcours d’un couple, Talla et Sardar, issu d'une famille paysanne et illettrée. Ils deviendront bergers et vivront un amour sans accroc, non loin de Téhéran. Ensuite, à travers les aventures de leur fils Bahram, véritable petit génie dont l’éducation fera un jeune homme qui croira à la transformation de la société incarnée par Mossadegh. Cette fresque sur fond de bouleversements politiques et sociaux est aussi un grand roman d’amour aux scènes souvent déchirantes. Prix Senghor 2015

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Editions Gallimard

Published Date

ISBN 10

2072576962

ISBN 13

9782072576966

Le parfum de l'innocence

By: Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Le parfum de l'innocence

By: Parisa Reza

Avec Le parfum de l’innocence, Parisa Reza poursuit son exploration de l’histoire iranienne du XXe siècle. Dans les années 70, Bahram, professeur d’université, après la mort mystérieuse de sa femme, élève seul sa fille, Elham. Dans son milieu intellectuel et progressiste, Elham reçoit une éducation occidentale et devient une jeune fille moderne. Libre d’allure et de pensée, rien ne la prédisposait à rencontrer Jamshid, un garçon de son âge, fils d’un général de l’armée de l’air iranienne et grand admirateur du Shah. Les deux jeunes gens vivent ensemble une histoire d’amour passionnelle et tourmentée, à l’image de leur pays. À la suite du coup d'État de 1953 destituant Mohammad Mossadegh, l’Iran traverse une crise identitaire, partagé entre les valeurs traditionnelles et celles de l'Occident, où se creuse un fossé irréparable séparant les communautés et menant à la révolution islamiste de 1979 et au départ de Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, le dernier roi.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

200

Publisher

Editions Gallimard

Published Date

ISBN 10

2072689562

ISBN 13

9782072689567

Giardini di consolazione

By: Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Giardini di consolazione

By: Parisa Reza

La parabola di Talla e Sardar, due bambini che in un villaggio di montagna sognano una vita migliore, s’innamorano, si sposano, attraversano i monti per arrivare alla periferia di Teheran, parte dagli anni Venti per giungere ai Cinquanta, quando l’Iran, sotto la dittatura modernizzatrice dello Scià Reza Pahlavi, tenta di uscire dal Medioevo ma termina nella brutale stroncatura del breve periodo democratico di Mossadeq nel 1953. I due avranno un figlio, Bahram, brillante studente, appassionato militante della democrazia, che potrà sognare una vita migliore di quella dura dei suoi genitori e frequentare ragazze di cui vede la faccia non più nascosta dal chador. Tutto per lui sembra destinato al successo, ma la Storia non è il cammino trionfale del progresso e Barham e i suoi genitori dovranno fare i conti con le sue capricciose e crudeli giravolte. Dagli anni Venti agli anni Cinquanta del secolo scorso l’Iran, paese fortemente tradizionalista e con un impressionante tasso di analfabetismo, conosce un periodo di modernizzazione. Il primo motore di questa apertura alla modernità e all’Occidente è Reza Khan, diventato scià grazie a un colpo di Stato, che limita il potere temporale dei religiosi, istituisce l’istruzione obbligatoria aprendo scuole in maniera capillare e proibisce l’uso del chador. Dal 1950 al 1953 l’Iran vive addirittura un periodo di autentica democrazia con il governo Mossadeq, finito in un colpo di Stato pilotato dagli anglo-americani che porterà al ritorno dell’assolutismo e, pochi anni dopo, all’integralismo degli ayatollah. Giardini di consolazione è la saga di una famiglia iraniana durante quel movimentato trentennio. Da un paese di rara bellezza ma stritolato da un feudalesimo teocratico alle convulsioni della modernizzazione, dei colpi di stato e delle rivoluzioni, i tre protagonisti conosceranno i cambiamenti della condizione femminile, l’affacciarsi del benessere, lo sradicamento culturale, l’arroganza clericale, i benefici dell’educazione. Un racconto toccante, trasportato da una scrittura poetica, che fa luce su aspetti poco noti della storia iraniana e ci rende più comprensibile quel che è successo in tempi più recenti.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

201

Publisher

E/O Edizioni

Published Date

ISBN 10

8866328308

ISBN 13

9788866328308

Femme, Rêve, Liberté

12 histoires inédites

By: Collectif,Fariba Vafi,Bahiyyih Nakhjavani,Fahimeh Farsaie,Rana Soleimani,Asieh Nezam shahidi,Nasim Marashi,Sahar Delijani,Sorour Kasmaï,Zahra Khanloo,Azar Mahloujian,Aida Moradi ahani,Parisa Reza

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Femme, Rêve, Liberté

12 histoires inédites

Que signifie être une femme aujourd’hui en Iran ? Quelle place occupe-t-elle dans une société régie depuis plus de quatre décennies par une théocratie totalitaire exclusivement masculine ? Quelles sont les raisons de la colère qui a embrasé le pays depuis le 16 septembre 2022, le jour où la jeune Mahsa Jina Amini a succombé aux coups de la police des mœurs ? À l’invitation de Sorour Kasmaï, douze autrices iraniennes racontent dans ce recueil, sous des formes diverses, ce qu’évoquent pour elles les trois mots qui résonnent depuis : FEMME, VIE, LIBERTÉ. En soutien à celles et ceux qui se sont insurgés avec tant de courage contre la tyrannie, voici donc douze histoires, douze voix qui viennent s’unir au cri de cette révolte qui ne s’éteint pas. Pour qu’on ne l’oublie pas. Ont participé à ce recueil : Sahar Delijani, Fahimeh Farsaie, Sorour Kasmaï, Zahra Khanloo, Azar Mahloujian, Nasim Marashi, Aida Moradi Ahani, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Asieh Nezam Shahidi, Parisa Reza, Rana Soleimani et Fariba Vafi. Les bénéfices des ventes de cet ouvrage seront reversés à une association.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

113

Publisher

Actes Sud

Published Date

ISBN 10

2330184433

ISBN 13

9782330184438

Book's by Parisa Reza

The Gardens of Consolation

The Gardens of Consolation

The Gardens of Consolation

The Gardens of Consolation

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery

Les jardins de consolation

Les jardins de consolation

Le parfum de l'innocence

Le parfum de l'innocence

Giardini di consolazione

Giardini di consolazione

Femme, Rêve, Liberté

Femme, Rêve, Liberté

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email