My Uncle Napoleon
Author: Pezeshkzad, Iraj
ISBN: 9780812974430
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2006
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
An exuberant and endearing novel about love, family, and Iran, with an Introduction by Azar Nafisi.
The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth centuryPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;God forbid, IP#8217;ve fallen in love with Layli!P#8221; So begins the farce of our narratorP#8217;s life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle NapoleonP#8217;s least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now P#8220;Suggested ReadingP#8221; in Azar NafisiP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;Reading Lolita in Tehran.Plt;/iPgt; Plt;bPgt;My Uncle Napoleon Plt;/bPgt;is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue.
ISBN: 9780812974430
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2006
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
An exuberant and endearing novel about love, family, and Iran, with an Introduction by Azar Nafisi.
The most beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth centuryPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;God forbid, IP#8217;ve fallen in love with Layli!P#8221; So begins the farce of our narratorP#8217;s life, one spent in a large extended Iranian family lorded over by the blustering, paranoid patriarch, Dear Uncle Napoleon. When Uncle NapoleonP#8217;s least-favorite nephew falls for his daughter, Layli, family fortunes are reversed, feuds fired up and resolved, and assignations attempted and thwarted. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely successful television series, this beloved novel is now P#8220;Suggested ReadingP#8221; in Azar NafisiP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;Reading Lolita in Tehran.Plt;/iPgt; Plt;bPgt;My Uncle Napoleon Plt;/bPgt;is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue.
