Although written prior to the Islamic Revolution, it brilliantly portrays the social and historical forces that gave pre-revolutionary Iran its characteristic hopelessness and emerging desperation so inadequately understood by outsiders. While Savushun is a unique piece of literature that transcends the boundaries of the historical community in which it was written, it is also the best single work for understanding modern Iran. (352p) ISBN 978-0-8156-1147-9 Daneshvar ( Savushun) offers an immersive if didactic look at a young woman exploring the bounds of her independence in 1970s Iran. Within basic Iranian paradigms, the characters play out the roles inherent in their personalities. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife and mother, who copes with her idealistic and uncompromising husband while struggling with her desire for traditional family life and her need for individual identity.Daneshvar's style is both sensitive and imaginative, while following cultural themes and metaphors. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege and influence of foreign powers corruption, incompetence and arrogance of persons in authority the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship tribalism and the fear of famine. بسیار درختان در سرزمینت.Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. And the wind will convey the messageįrom tree to tree, ‘Did you see the dawn on your way?’” A tree will grow in your house and others in yourĬity, and even more in your land. Savushun, is a poem that a character, Mc Mahon, recties consoling Zari I am reminded of one the most memorable lines from her Book, I believe Siavash, the epitome of innocence in Persian Mythological literature is mourning today. Simin Daneshvar سیمین دانشور, best know for her Novel “Savushun” سووشون(“Mourners of Siyâvash ,” 1969–more correctly pronounced Suvashun), finally joined her husband Jalal Al Ahmad, who was also an iconic author. Today on the International Women’s Day an iconic Author from passed away. Cartoon 'Simin's Savushun' in Memory of Simin Daneshvar کارتون : سووشون برای سیمین

Savushun by Simin Daneshvar